Referral rates and waiting lists: Some empirical evidence

Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 545-549

  Goddard, J A ^a   Tavakoli, M ^b,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Referral rates; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EMPIRICISM; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLOGY;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STATE MEDICINE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0031755769     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199809)7:6<545::AID-HEC369>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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