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April 5, 2026BMC Health Services ResearchOpen Access

Assessment of quality of emergency care services in terms of availability and readiness in public and private tertiary care hospitals in Rawalpindi, Pakistan: a comparative study

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SBSyed Jawad Ali BukhariSJSania JahanEKEjaz Ahmad Khan

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Comparative study evaluates emergency care quality in public and private hospitals, highlighting system-level improvements needed.

Key Points

  • To compare the availability and readiness of emergency care services in public and private tertiary hospitals in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
  • Exploratory comparative cross-sectional study design
  • Utilized WHO Harmonized Health Facility Assessment tool
  • Evaluated six tertiary care hospitals (three public, three private)
  • Analyzed data using SPSS with Mann-Whitney U test
  • Measured various domains including service availability and diagnostic readiness.
  • Median daily patient volume: 320 (public) vs. 210 (private)
  • Median overall availability and readiness score was 76.47 for both sectors
  • Both sectors showed 100% readiness for emergency medicines and surgical equipment
  • Median diagnostic readiness score: 42.86 (public) vs. 14.29 (private)
  • No statistically significant differences in quality metrics between public and private hospitals.

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Bukhari et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d1fceba79560c99a0a29c5https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14453-x
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