Analysis of the outcomes of a visiting surgical service to small rural communities

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 833-835

  Hughes Anderson, Wayne ^a   House, Jill ^a   Aitken, Robert J ^a   Rankin, Sarah L ^a   House, Anthony K ^a  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Rural surgery; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARD; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1542391882     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02777.x     Document Type: Review

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