Reducing non-attendance at outpatient clinics

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 114-118

  Stone, Christopher A ^a   Palmer, John H ^a   Saxby, Peter J ^a   Devaraj, Vikram S ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032998381     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689909200304     Document Type: Article

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