Improving patient throughput for oral day case surgery. The efficacy of a nurse-led pre-admission clinic

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-106

  Clark, K ^a   Voase, R ^a   Fletcher, I R ^b   Thomson, P J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day surgery; Nurse led; Pre admission clinic

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; ORAL SURGERY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCREENING;

EID: 0033121051     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(98)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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