Supply and demand: Estimating the real need for care while meeting the 48 hour waiting time target in a genitourinary medicine clinic by a closed appointment system

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-48

  Clarke, J ^a   Christodoulides, H ^a   Taylor, Y ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH; VENEREOLOGY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33144465338     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2005.018358     Document Type: Review

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