Table 1 The demographic, socio economic and health characteristics of patients (n = 212)
From: Patient satisfaction in a Moroccan emergency department
Variables | n (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years); mean ± SD | 42.5 ± 16.2 |
Gender | |
Female | 94 (44.3) |
Male | 118 (55.7) |
Marital status | |
Single | 60 (28.3) |
Married | 138 (65.1) |
Separated | 8 (3.8) |
Widowed | 6 (2.8) |
Residence | |
Urban | 160 (75.5) |
Rural | 52 (24.5) |
Education Level | |
No education | 102 (48.1) |
Primary | 38 (17.9) |
Secondary | 46 (21.7) |
High | 26 (12.3) |
Health Insurance | |
Yes | 50 (23.6) |
No | 162 (76.4) |
Priority code* | |
Emergent | 36 (17) |
Urgent | 126 (59.4) |
Non-urgent | 50 (23.6) |
Waiting time (per minuts); median (IQR) | 47.5 (15–100) |
Day of week | |
Weekday | 178 (84) |
Weekend | 34 (16) |
Guidance of patients | |
Discharge | 77(36.1) |
Admit | 118(55.2) |
Transfer | 14(6.3) |
Not seen | 3(2.4) |
Main diagnostics | |
Abdominal pain | 74 (34.9) |
Trauma | 36 (17) |
Asthma-bronchitis-emphysema | 32 (15.1) |
Hand laceration | 28 (13.2) |
Chest pain | 20 (9.4) |
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage | 12 (5.6) |
Others | 10 (4.7) |