2004年9月
Estimation of the impact of providing outpatients with information about SARS infection control on their intention of outpatient visit
HEALTH POLICY
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- 巻
- 69
- 号
- 3
- 開始ページ
- 293
- 終了ページ
- 303
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.04.008
- 出版者・発行元
- ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
To examine the effect of provision of information about the infection control in the specific infection disease treatment unit in a city hospital on the outpatient's intention of outpatient service use, respondents who underwent outpatient medical care at the hospital (N = 821) were asked whether or not they intended to continue the outpatient visit at the hospital if a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patient was admitted to the unit. Although 56% of respondents replied that they could continue to visit the department if a SARS patient was admitted to the unit in the hospital before they read the information, the proportion of those who intended to continue outpatient care significantly increased by 15% after they read it. The logistic regression analyses revealed that respondents who had frequently visited the outpatient department (P < 0.001), those who felt relieved by reading the information about the unit (P < 0.001), and those who did not worry about nosocomial SARS infection inside the hospital (P < 0.001) were significantly more likely to reply that they would continue outpatient visits. We estimated that admission of a SARS patient to the unit would result in a 20% decrease in the cumulative total number of outpatients in the hospital during a 180-day interval after admission of a SARS patient to the unit, and the cumulative total number of outpatients increased by 7% after they read the information. This study suggests that providing outpatients with appropriate information about SARS infection control in the hospital had a statistically significant and substantial impact on the outpatients' intention to continue outpatient visits at the hospital. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.04.008
- ISSN : 0168-8510
- PubMed ID : 15276309
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000223409800003