title: A survey of the effectiveness of a telephone-answering service.
abstract: A survey was carried out over a two-year period in Exeter to find out what source of information led patients to attend the local clinic for venereal diseases and to evaluate the effectiveness of a tape-recorded telephone message advertising clinic times. Based on the response from patients it seems difficult to justify the cost of installing a telephone-answering service.
mesh_terms: D004470:Economics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013637:Tape Recording; D013689:Telephone