Releasing capacity in sexual health through modernization

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 299-304

  Griffiths, Vanessa ^a   Ahmed Jushuf, I ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genitourinary medicine; Modernization; Sexual health service; Sexually transmitted infections; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HEALTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CASE MANAGEMENT; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 34447114495     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207780749727     Document Type: Article

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