First, we included the degree to which the hospital is highly regarded and respected (hospital prestige).
Let me give you one personal example of hospital decision-making when I was implementing a patient accounting system at a highly respected Seattle hospital.
Most interviewees had the impression that there is a lack of recognition and that the professional role of GPs is not respected by hospital specialists.
In many respects, hospital records should not always be regarded as scientifically correct examination instruments.
In this respect, hospital discharge records have been an essential source of information for comparing health outcomes among hospitals [ 4].
In some hospitals, they are not even well respected by their hospital administrators and doctors.
IV tubing replacement periods were respected in most hospitals: after ≤ 96 hours of routine use (n = 41, 98%), after ≤24 hours when used for transfusion (n = 38, 90%), and after 24 hours if used for TPN (n = 35, 83%).
We do not know the full facts yet and it is important to respect the hospital and, most importantly, the wishes of Muamba and his family.
You find that they don't respect the hospital regulations simply because of the favour that they gave to the health workers" (Doctor, Dispensary of Mwendapole).
The respondents also indicated to have extended this education to the patients' relatives and the community in general, informing them about the dangers of not encouraging patients to respect their hospital appointments.
