Does Choose & Book fail to deliver the expected choice to patients? A survey of patients' experience of outpatient appointment booking

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Green, Judith ^a   McDowall, Zoe ^a   Potts, Henry W W ^b  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOOSE AND BOOK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATE MEDICINE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 51249107292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-36     Document Type: Article

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