Community photo-triage for skin cancer referrals: An aid to service delivery

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-254

  Morton, C A ^a   Downie, F ^a   Auld, S ^b   Smith, B ^a   van der Pol, M ^c   Baughan, P ^d   Wells, J ^e   Wootton, R ^f  

^a Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Centre for Telehealth   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; COMMUNITY BASED PHOTO TRIAGE REFERRAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952813771     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03960.x     Document Type: Article

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