Straight to test. Results of a pilot study in a hospital serving an inner city population

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 569-576

  Hammond, T M ^a   Fountain, G ^a   Cuthill, V ^a   Williams, J ^a   Porrett, T R C ^a   Lunniss, P J ^a  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Straight to test; Two week wait referral

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TELEPHONE;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 44949148219     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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