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RESEARCH ARTICLE

A national survey: transporting patients within Australian hospitals.

Robert Cook, Glenn Gardner and Anne Gardner

Australian Health Review 23(4) 108 - 114
Published: 2000

Abstract

A telephone survey was conducted to describe current practices and policies of patient transport in Australian hospitals.The survey had a 94% response rate. Results showed considerable variability and ambiguity throughout the samplein both practice and policy. Findings also indicated that criteria used for transport practices were predominantlyshaped by physiological and technological considerations. Factors related to human and financial resources, as well aspsychological and emotional aspects of the patient's condition, received little attention.

https://doi.org/10.1071/AH000108

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