An audit of patient acceptance of one-stop diagnosis for symptomatic breast disease.
OBJECTIVE
The impetus for optimizing outpatient provision of breast-care services has come both from the patient and management in order to reduce anxiety and make full use of scarce resources. The one-stop diagnostic clinic for the investigation of symptomatic breast lesions is a relatively recent concept with well-known service benefits. However, acceptance to the patient has not been previously investigated.


RESULTS
The results of this prospective audit demonstrate a high level of patient satisfaction with the multi-disciplinary, one-stop breast clinic.
Berry
M G
MG
Department of Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
Chan
S Y
SY
Engledow
A
A
Inwang
E R
ER
Perry
N M
NM
Wells
C A
CA
Curling
O M
OM
McLean
A
A
Vinnicombe
S
S
Sullivan
M
M
Carpenter
R
R
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003954:Diagnostic Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014505:Urban Population; D014600:Utilization Review