Utilization of a preoperative assessment clinic in a tertiary care centre

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 11-18

  Bugar, Jennifer M ^a   Ghali, William A ^a   Lemaire, Jane B ^a   Quan, Hude ^a  

^a Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WARD; THORAX SURGERY; CANADA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STANDARD; SURGERY;

ALBERTA; HOSPITALS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; HUMANS;

EID: 0035999553     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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