Choose and book: An audit of the appropriateness of referrals and their effect on patients' attendance to an inner city hospital secondary care provider

British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Pisipati, Sailaja ^a   Chow, Karyee ^a   Payne, Stephen R ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Choose and book; DNA rate; Referrals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 64249146322     PISSN: 18759742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjmsu.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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