Resource implications of outpatient referrals to a general urological service

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-114

  Payne, Stephen R ^a   Brough, Richard J ^a   Mellor, Denise E ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outpatient referral; Resource implications; Urology; Waiting list initiative

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TIME; UROLOGY; WORKLOAD;

ENGLAND; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; WAITING LISTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030937424     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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