New patient non-attendance at orthopaedic outpatient clinics

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 338-340

  Tytherleigh Strong, G M ^a   Freedman, L S ^a  

^a St Mark's NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0035149265     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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