Following up outpatients by telephone: pilot study

B Pal¹

Affiliations

B Pal. BMJ. 1998.

. 1998 May 30;316(7145):1647.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7145.1647.

B Pal¹

¹ South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Withington Hospital, Manchester M20 2LR. bpal@fs1.with.man.ac.uk

No abstract available

Comment in

Several issues need to be considered before all patients are followed up by telephone.
Leung WC. Leung WC. BMJ. 1998 Dec 5;317(7172):1595. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7172.1595a. BMJ. 1998. PMID: 9836684 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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