The novel use of fast track CT to select patients for lung cancer clinics: Effect on clinic efficiency, waiting times, and patient satisfaction

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1026, 2011, Pages 264-268

  Lal, Abhimanyu ^a   Phillips, Sophie ^a   Russell, Carolyn ^a   Woolhouse, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953747560     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.109330     Document Type: Article

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