Functional and Spatial Design of Emergency Departments Using Quality Function Deployment

Table 4

Priorities and relative weights of design specifications (functional units) according to the QFD-based design method for the two emergency departments reported in this work (ED1 and ED2).

Functional units	ED1		ED2
	Relative weight (%)	Rank	Relative weight (%)	Rank
Patient treatment and admission	27.1	1	15.1	3
Patient arrival	21.3	2	28.6	1
Temporary buffer and discharge	13.7	3	5.9	6
Diagnostic unit	12.2	4	18.1	2
Administrative unit	11.4	5	11.3	4
Initial admission and disaster management	5.6	6	5.6	7
Support services	5.0	7	5.2	8
Surgical unit	3.7	8	10.1	5