id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-276481-os1nf3cs Ishizaki, Tatsuro Estimation of the impact of providing outpatients with information about SARS infection control on their intention of outpatient visit 2004-09-30 .txt text/plain 4930 171 38 Abstract To examine the effect of provision of information about the infection control in the specific infection disease treatment unit in a city hospital on the outpatient's intention of outpatient service use, respondents who underwent outpatient medical care at the hospital (N = 821) were asked whether or not they intended to continue the outpatient visit at the hospital if a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patient was admitted to the unit. This study examined the effect of providing outpatients with information about SARS infection control in the infectious disease treatment unit in a community hospital on their intention to continue outpatient visits, and estimated the cumulative total number of outpatients as well as the cumulative total expenditures for outpatient care at the hospital during a 180-day period after the admission of a SARS patient to the hospital. ./cache/cord-276481-os1nf3cs.txt ./txt/cord-276481-os1nf3cs.txt