Patients Prefer Boarding in Inpatient Hallways: Correlation with the National Emergency Department Overcrowding Score

Table 1

Survey questions.

1. Please rate your overall satisfaction with your medical care (1 = terrible, 2 = poor, 3 = fair, 4 = good, 5 = excellent)
2. Have you been admitted to the hospital before?
3. If the hospital was full to capacity and you had to wait for an inpatient bed, would you prefer to be upstairs in an inpatient hallway or placed in the ED hallway (circle)? Inpatient/ED/No preference
4. What is the reason for your preference?
5. Do you have any suggestions to improve your care when the hospital and ED are full past capacity?