The two-week waiting time standard for cancer: A neurosurgical perspective

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 334-337

  Uff, C E G ^a   Lawson, D D A ^a   Giles, G ^a   Bavetta, S ^a  

^a OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEUROSURGERY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 32344437308     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690500305365     Document Type: Article

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