Emergencias
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To perform an in-depth analysis of the process of transferring patients from an emergency department (ED) to other areas inside a hospital and identify possible points of failure and risk so that strategies for improvement can be developed. ⋯ The FMEA method helped the group to identify points when there is risk of failure during patient transfers and to define ways to improve patient safety.
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Multicenter Study
Factors related to patients' perception of feeling safe in pre-hospital emergencies: a multicenter cross-sectional study.
To identify factors related to patients' feeling of safety during prehospital emergencies. ⋯ Patients' perception of safety is very high, as reflected by level of satisfaction, incident reports, use of a transport protocol, means of transport used, diagnosis, and pain level.
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To determine whether income was associated with unexpected in-hospital mortality in older patients treated in Spanish public health system hospital emergency departments. ⋯ The gross income of patients attended in Spanish public health system hospital emergency departments, estimated according to a patient's address and postal code, was associated with in-hospital mortality, which was higher for patients with the lowest and 2 higher income levels. The reasons for these associations might be different for each income level and should be investigated in the future.