Key challenges in prehospital and emergency care in Indonesia and Malaysia: a survey of frontline clinicians.

ABSTRACT: Rapid economic growth in Indonesia and Malaysia has widened the gap in emergency care supply and demand, intensifying challenges. Our study, from August to November 2022, assesses current diverse challenges in both countries' emergency care systems from frontline staff perspectives. The online survey involved emergency department (ED) personnel from 11 hospitals in Indonesia and Malaysia, drawing from an existing network. The survey collected data on respondents' characteristics, factors affecting prehospital and ED care quality, missing clinical information, and factors influencing patients' ED stay duration. With 83 respondents from Indonesia and 109 from Malaysia, the study identified common challenges. In both countries, inadequate clinical information from ambulances posed a primary c

SUBMITTER: Tokita A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11448250 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature