Booking patients for hospital admissions: Evaluation of a pilot programme for day cases

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7424, 2003, Pages 1147-1150

  McLeod, Hugh ^a   Ham, Chris ^a   Kipping, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DAY CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATE MEDICINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0242721289     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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