Have two UK national guidelines had any effect on grommets day-case utilisation and rate over the last 10 years?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2053-2056

  Al Hussaini, Ali ^a   Owens, David ^a   Tomkinson, Alun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day case surgery; Grommets; National guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAITING LISTS; WALES;

EID: 84867272770     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1860-z     Document Type: Article

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