Key Concepts/Context
This study article presents a conceptual model to explain the interrelationships among healthcare design elements.
Objectives
The objective of this article is to provide a framework for measuring the effect of healthcare design features on patient, provider and organizational outcomes. The model can help to explain relationships among variables of interest in facility design.
Methods
No method was presented in this article.
Design Implications
This conceptual model provides a framework for understanding linkages among healthcare design elements. It is useful in identifying data that can be collected when a healthcare design project is initiated and completed.
Findings
No findings were presented in this article.
Limitations
The conceptual model presented in the article is an opportunity to visualize relationships between concepts or variables of interest. It is less formal than a theoretical framework and has not undergone the same rigorous testing.
Setting
Hospitals
Outcome Category
Organizational outcomes|Patient / resident satisfaction and comfort|Staff productivity / efficiency|Staff satisfaction
Environmental Condition Category
Physical proximity/density