Advances in Urology
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 507436, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/507436
Research Article

The Effect of Patient Arrival Time on Overall Wait Time and Utilization of Physician and Examination Room Resources in the Outpatient Urology Clinic

Onisuru T. Okotie, Neel Patel, and Chris M. Gonzalez

Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

Received 16 June 2008; Accepted 21 October 2008

Academic Editor: Michael P. Porter

Copyright © 2008 Onisuru T. Okotie et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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