Surgical outpatients: Challenges and responses

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 300-307

  Waghorn, A ^b,c   McKee, M ^b   Thompson, J ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 0031000136     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840305     Document Type: Review

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