Achieving 18-week waiting times in elective hand surgery
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Achieving 18-week waiting times in elective hand surgery
OBJECTIVE The Department of Health proposed an 18-week referral-to-treatment time (RTT) as a measure of high quality healthcare, to be achieved by December 2008. In 2007, referrals for elective hand surgery, to the Plastic Surgery Hand Service, were either direct or indirect. Direct referrals were from the general practitioner (GP). Indirect referrals were from other specialties, to which patie...
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عنوان ژورنال: JRSM Short Reports
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2042-5333
DOI: 10.1258/shorts.2009.090429