Research Article

Effect of Real-Time Surveys on Patient Satisfaction Scores in the Emergency Department

Table 2

Would you recommend this emergency department to your friends and family?

Likelihood to recommend emergency department
PeriodMonthaRT surveysHS surveysd

1December 201593.33% ()74.30% ()0.0050
January 201697.92% ()64.20% ()0.0001
February 2016c96.36% ()68.40% ()0.0001

2March 201696.36% ()66.30% ()0.0001
April 201694.19% ()64.10% ()0.0001
May 2016100.00%b75.00% ()NA

3June 2016100.00%b75.00% ()NA
July 2016100.00%b75.70% ()NA
August 2016100.00%b65.50% ()NA
September 201688.89%b69.40% ()NA
October 2016100.00%b76.30% ()NA
November 201693.10% ()62.00% ()0.0031
December 201692.31%b72.10% ()NA

aData for hospital surveys were available from December 2015 to December 2016. b due to RAP study availability; these months were excluded from comparative analysis. cPeriod 1 ended on March 1, 2016, while Period 2 began on March 3, 2016. dComparisons between group proportions that answered positively were conducted using Fisher’s exact test.