Abstract Hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face major workforce challenges while
having to deal with extraordinary high burdens of disease. The effectiveness of human …

Introduction Triage is widely regarded as an essential function of emergency care (EC)
systems, especially in resource‐limited settings. Through a systematic search and review of …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to assess causal relations between the
implementation of the 5S approach and the reduction of patients' waiting time at out patient …

Background As global emergency care grows, practical and effective performance measures
are needed to ensure high quality care. Our objective was to systematically catalog and …

Background: Patients' satisfaction remains an important tool for evaluating quality of care in
the emerging global trend of patient-centered care. Aim: To assess satisfaction with care …

Increased temperatures affect human health and vulnerable groups including infants,
children, the elderly and people with pre-existing diseases. In the southern African region …

Background: Emergency centres in South Africa are among the busiest in the world and
serve as entry points for hospital care for most of the population. The South African Triage …

An important parameter in the assessment of quality health care lies on patient satisfaction.
Despite concerted efforts to improve health-care services, patient satisfaction coupled with …

Background: One of the greatest challenges in early communication intervention in South
Africa is developing and implementing successful identification strategies in primary health …

The elderly are often excluded from the benefits of psychotherapy, especially in low-and
middle-income countries. There are many potential barriers to psychotherapy in the elderly …