Evaluation of the utilization of the preanaesthetic clinics in a university teaching hospital

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hariharan, Seetharaman ^a   Chen, Deryk ^a   Merritt Charles, Lorna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33745210373     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-59     Document Type: Article

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