A "package solution" fast track program can reduce the diagnostic waiting time in head and neck cancer

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1163-1170

  Sorensen, Jesper Roed ^a   Johansen, Jørgen ^a   Gano, Lars ^a   Sørensen, Jens Ahm ^a   Larsen, Stine Rosenkilde ^a   Andersen, Peter Bøgeskov ^a   Thomassen, Anders ^a   Godballe, Christian ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fast track program; Head and neck cancer; Package solution; Pre booked; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATCHFUL WAITING; CANCER STAGING; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84898899194     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2584-z     Document Type: Review

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