Cancellations in day-case ENT surgery

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 57-60

  Singh, G Carter ^a,c   Agha, Riaz ^a   Roberts, David R ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Cancellation; Day surgery; Demograhic; ENT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 26844549187     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambsur.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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