![]() ![]() For instance, the Four-Hour Rule and the National Emergency Access Target (4HR/NEAT) was an important policy implemented in Australia to reduce EDs crowding and boarding (access block). The methodological contribution of this research is part of the ongoing debate of scientific rigour in emergency care, such as the importance of qualitative research in evidence-based medicine, its contribution to tool development and policy evaluation. Qualitative research methods have been used in emergency settings in a variety of ways to address important problems that cannot be explored in another way, such as attitudes, preferences and reasons for presenting to the emergency department (ED) versus other type of clinical services (i.e., general practice).
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