Delayed Access To Health Care

Ensuring timely access to health care is a major policy concern many countries. Delayed access has led to the elevation in the use of emergency rooms for non -urgent conditions (Shesser et al. 1991; Cunningham et al. 1995) and to the decline of patient satisfaction (United States Government Accounting Office [U.S. GAO] 1993; VanDeusen Lukas et al. 2004). Most importantly, delayed access to health care is presumed to undesirably affect health outcomes due to delays in diagnosis and management of health related issues (Kenagy, Berwick, and Shore 1999; Institute of Medicine 2004). However, despite the affirmed significance of ensuring judicious access to care, little re-search has actually examined the empirical relationship between the delays and health outcomes.
(2008) in Pakistan ,explanations for delay in patient admission at an emergency department was assessed. However, it emphasized the aims which contributed to extended stay of patients in Emergency Department (ED) who were admitted after a trauma. Even though a broad description by allotting delayed subjects by the time of advised admission was the objective, the restrained analysis of data makes it more descriptive regarding different aspects of delay. This factor was also enhanced by another research by Epstein et al. (2008) which found out that patients generally thought to be disadvantaged are at especially high risk for delaying care for conditions that eventually lead to hospitalization. Because these delays are associated with longer hospital stays and potentially poorer health outcomes, interventions that reduce delays seem especially important. The present research would identify pre-hospital delays and the reasons for delays in the emergency