The impact of twice-daily consultant ward rounds on the length of stay in two general medical wards
Aftab Ahmad, Tejpal S Purewal, Dushyant Sharma and Philip J Weston
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.11-6-524
Clin Med December 2011 Aftab Ahmad
Department of Diabetes/Endocrinology and General Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Roles: Consultant physician and clinical director
Tejpal S Purewal
Department of Diabetes/Endocrinology and General Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Roles: Consultant physician
Dushyant Sharma
Department of Diabetes/Endocrinology and General Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Roles: Consultant physician
Philip J Weston
Department of Diabetes/Endocrinology and General Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Roles: Consultant physician
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vol. 11 no. 6 524-528
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- Published online December 1, 2011.
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- Aftab Ahmad, Consultant physician and clinical director⇓,
- Tejpal S Purewal, Consultant physician,
- Dushyant Sharma, Consultant physician and
- Philip J Weston, Consultant physician
- Address for correspondence: Dr A Ahmad, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Link 7-C, Royal Liverpool University Teaching Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP. Email: aftab.ahmad{at}rlbuht.nhs.uk.
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The impact of twice-daily consultant ward rounds on the length of stay in two general medical wards
Aftab Ahmad, Tejpal S Purewal, Dushyant Sharma, Philip J Weston
Clinical Medicine Dec 2011, 11 (6) 524-528; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-6-524
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