Improving the organization of consultation departments in university hospitals

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 930-934

  Dechartres, Agnès ^a   Mazeau, Valérie ^a   Grenier Sennelier, Catherine ^a   Brézin, Antoine P ^b   Vidal Trecan, Gwenaelle M ^b  

^a Department of Public Health at the Time of the Study ^*

^b Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

Appointments and schedules; Hospital; Management audit; Ophthalmology; Outpatient clinics; University hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UVEITIS; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CATARACT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; TIME FACTORS; UVEITIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 36248976609     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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