How many surgery appointments should be offered to avoid undesirable numbers of 'extras'?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 441, 1999, Pages 273-276

  Kendrick, Tony ^a   Kerry, Sally ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Appointments; Practice management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032898332     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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