Even patients with changing moles face long dermatology appointment wait-times: A study of simulated patient calls to dermatologists

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-58

  Tsang, Matthew W ^a   Resneck Jr , Jack S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; NEVUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT SIMULATION; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33744994580     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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