Outpatient Satisfaction in ENT; Central vs. Peripheral Clinics.

Peripheral outpatient clinics: use, costs, and benefits.

A census was taken of outpatient bookings at all hospitals and health centres in Oxfordshire for the main medical and surgical specialities. Nine per cent of all bookings were to peripheral clinics (that is, those outsie the two main medical centres at Oxford and Banbury). About half of all bookings in the area were made to clinics within three of four miles of the patients' homes. The work loa...

Patient satisfaction in dental outpatient clinics in Turkey.

AIM To measure the level of patient satisfaction in the dental outpatient clinics from a group of state hospitals in Turkey and explore the factors that may influence satisfaction. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, patients attending the outpatient clinics state hospitals from 9 provinces were interviewed. Data regarding socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents were collected an...

Havas Ent Clinics

Neuropathic Pain: Central vs. Peripheral Mechanisms.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Our goal is to examine the processes-both central and peripheral-that underlie the development of peripherally-induced neuropathic pain (pNP) and to highlight recent evidence for mechanisms contributing to its maintenance. While many pNP conditions are initiated by damage to the peripheral nervous system (PNS), their persistence appears to rely on maladaptive processes within ...

Patient satisfaction in adjacent family practice and non-family practice Navy outpatient clinics.

Patient satisfaction was assessed in adjacent family practice and non-family practice clinics at a Naval Regional Medical Center. Results indicated that patients in the family practice clinic (n = 341) were significantly more satisfied with care than those in the other primary care clinic (n = 390). Although older people and men were generally more satisfied with care, demographic factors did n...