Abstract: The phase-1 of the survey explored the community’s perception about any delay in care provided inside emergency departments all over Saudi Arabia.
Methodology: This is phase-1 of the complete study which ultimate aim to compare the perception of community and action health care personals with different indicators. This phase - 1 cross section survey was conducted through snowball sampling by targeting adult Saudis from all over the country through social networks (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, whatsapp , telegram )
Results: Out of 1010 participants, 33.5% stated that they always faces delay inside emergency department while 34.2% stated that delay occurs usually and 24.8% face it sometimes.
Conclusion: Community is unhappy about how quick emergency care is provided, as the vast majority faces delay regularly. Overcrowding and inappropriate system is the selection of the majority to be most agreed on as a cause of delay.
Keywords: Emergency care, delay, perception, Saudi Arabia.
Title: Perception of the Community Regarding Delay in Receiving Emergency Care in Saudi Arabia
Author: Hassan Nasser AlSalman, Mahmood Ahmed Boeisa, Abdulathim Saleh AlKhalaf,Dr. Abdul sattar khan
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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