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Table 4 Responses to the open ended questions.

From: Postal survey methodology to assess patient satisfaction in a suburban emergency medical services system: an observational study

 

Response category

Proportion

95% confidence interval

QuestionA: Did you have any other concerns, related to your emergency, that you felt was not addressed by our personnel?

No answer

33.7

(30.6 – 37.0)

 

No concerns

63.0

(59.6 – 66.2)

 

Some concerns

3.3

(2.2 – 4.8)

Question B: Please tell us the single most important action we took that made you fell better.

No answer

22.8

(20.1 – 25.8)

 

Interpersonal communication

42.3

(38.9 – 45.7)

 

Response time

21.2

(18.5 – 24.1)

 

Technical actions

10.4

(8.5 – 12.7)

 

Other actions

3.3

(2.2 – 4.8)

Question C: What could we have done differently that might have made your experience more positive?

No answer

41.0

(37.7 – 44.4)

 

Nothing

52.8

(49.3 – 56.1)

 

Something

6.2

(4.7 – 8.1)