Do medical outpatients want 'out of hours' clinics?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Feeney, Claire L ^a   Roberts, Nicola J ^a   Partridge, Martyn R ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK SCHEDULE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 23044477475     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-47     Document Type: Article

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