An audit of colposcopy appointment processes in women with abnormal cervical cytology

Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 184-188

  Kietpeerakool, C ^a   Manopunya, M ^a   Phuprasertsak, P ^a   Jaijit, T ^a   Srisomboon, J ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Appointments; Audit; Cervical cytology; Colposcopy; Default; Non attendance; Pap tests; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956088347     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2010.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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