Audit of appendicectomies at Frere Hospital, Eastern Cape

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 74-77

  Rogers, A D ^a   Hampton, M I ^a   Bunting, M ^a   Atherstone, A K ^a  

^a Frere Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49749129300     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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