Functional and Spatial Design of Emergency Departments Using Quality Function Deployment

Inadequate design of emergency departments (EDs) is a major cause of crowding, increased length of stay, and higher mortality. The main reason behind this inadequacy is the lack of stakeholders’ involvement in the design process. This work reports and analyzes the results of a large survey of the re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yassin Abdelsamad, Muhammad Rushdi, Bassel Tawfik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9281396