Triage of referrals to outpatient hepatology services: An ineffective tool to prioritise patients?

Australian Health Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 443-447

  Horsfall, Leigh ^a   Skoien, Richard ^b   Moss, Cathy ^a   Scott, Ian ^a,b   Macdonald, Graeme A ^a,b   Powell, Elizabeth E ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

audit; categories; guidelines; resource allocation; service delivery.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873684118     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH11111     Document Type: Review

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