Absence from work due to treatment for genital warts.
An audit was undertaken of time lost from work and reasons given to employers for absence in a group of patients attending a city centre outpatients department. For the audit a Department of Genito-urinary Medicine was selected and 54 patients were interviewed. The time lost by attendance and the reasons given are discussed as are ways of improving medical care through new treatments and altered appointment times.
Department of Genito-urinary Medicine, General Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
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D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014342:Truth Disclosure