OBJECTIVE To identify factors associated with general satisfaction among clients attending outpatient clinics in a referral hospital in Uganda. DESIGN Cross-sectional exit survey of patients and care-givers in selected outpatient clinics. SETTING Seven outpatients' clinics at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Mean score of clients' general satisfaction ...

OBJECTIVES To measure the number of all transient ischaemic attack (TIAs) and minor strokes managed as outpatients, and hence, the need for 'TIA clinics' in comparison to current estimates of 20,000 TIAs annually in England, based on previous rates of incident-definite events. SUBJECTS All individuals with confirmed or suspected TIA or stroke between 2002 and 2005 in a population-based study ...

OBJECTIVES This study quantifies and compares patient characteristics in outpatient acupuncture. SETTING/DESIGN Prospective primary source evidence was gathered at two prominent outpatient acupuncture clinics in Beijing, China (n = 563, n = 233). RESULTS The most common condition was Bell's palsy, which represented 20.6% and 25.3% of total cases at the two clinics, respectively. The second ...

Multidisciplinary healthcare teams embedded into outpatient clinics enhance patient outcomes; it is therefore important that when medications are a focus of treatment in these clinical pharmacists included the team. At start 2019/2020 financial year, Princess Alexandra Hospital added 13 clinic pharmacist positions to their services. The aim this study describe results retrospective appraisal co...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the scope for reducing unnecessary outpatient reattendances, using a benchmark an acute specialty at a site recognised to have an especially low ratio of repeat to new attendances. DESIGN This was a survey of the re-attendance workload at general surgery outpatient clinics over a three month period. Patient re-booking and discharge rates for different grades of staff...