The psychology of the wait time experience – what clinics can do to manage the waiting experience for patients: a longitudinal, qualitative study

Abstract Background Wait time, defined as time spent in the waiting and exam rooms waiting to see a provider, is a key quality metric in a number of national patient experience surveys. However, the literature on wait time does not show a consistent correlation between long waits and worse overall p...

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Main Authors: Holly Chu, Robert A. Westbrook, Sarah Njue-Marendes, Thomas P. Giordano, Bich N. Dang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4301-0