Functional and Spatial Design of Emergency Departments Using Quality Function Deployment

Table 3

A sample of survey responses showing the mean importance of some ED requirements.

No	Stakeholder requirements	Mean importance (%)	Std. error of mean	Std. deviation
1	Trauma and resuscitation room	91.43	1.81	17.93
2	Triage in the initial admission unit	84.49	1.96	19.38
3	Wounded patients holding area	65.06	3.03	27.59
4	Ambulance entrance store	64.37	3.36	31.35
5	Dental room	36.14	3.33	30.31
6	Kids playing area (playground)	34.34	3.31	30.17
7	Library	32.93	3.36	30.40