The factors that influence private health insurance holders' choice between public and private emergency departments at the time of emergency

Patients’ choice between public and private hospital emergency departments: a cross‐sectional survey

“…Patients who had been triaged and were either in the waiting room or in treatment rooms and who had been identified by nursing staff as being able to assist (i.e. not too unwell) were approached directly by a researcher and invited to participate …”

“…These changes were informed by the results of a prior qualitative research and the final survey validated through a small pilot study of 60 patients. Further details on these methods may be obtained from the principal author's PhD thesis …”

“…Sample size was calculated using G*Power version 3.1, based on an analysis by multiple logistic regressions, using a significance level (alpha) of 0.05, 80% Power and an effect size of odds ratio (OR) of 0.442. This OR of 0.442 was an observed value from the pilot study . The sample size was determined to be a minimum of 126 participants for each of the private and public groups.…”