Practice and acceptance of day-care surgery in a semi-urban Nigerian hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 170-173

  Agbakwuru, E A ^a   Faponle, A F ^a   Adesunkanmi, A R K ^a   Ogundoyin, O O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035649936     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i4.9057     Document Type: Article

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