title: An audit of patient acceptance of one-stop diagnosis for symptomatic breast disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Engledow
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Inwang
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Curling
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vinnicombe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: 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