Can we see more outpatients without more doctors?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 333-337

  Hughes, Michelle L ^a   Leslie, Stephen J ^a   McInnes, Gordon K ^a   McCormac, Kathleen ^a   Peden, Norman R ^a  

^a NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONSULTATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HABIT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037826063     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.96.7.333     Document Type: Article

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