Audit of patient's waiting time to see their family doctor prior to referral to a fast-access breast clinic in the era of a guaranteed 2-week wait

Breast

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 430-433

  Agaba, A E ^a   Bagul, A ^a   Adenugba, J B ^a   Kenogbon, J I ^a  

^a BARNSLEY DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036817759     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/brst.2002.0449     Document Type: Article

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