Reducing surgical outpatient waiting is not the solution to meeting the 2005 colorectal cancer target

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-139

  Rao, G Nagesh ^a   Basnyat, P ^a   Taffinder, N ^a   Hudson, C ^a   Insall, R ^a  

^a WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2005 colorectal cancer target; Outpatient waiting

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33644869759     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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