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Hospital outpatient clinics: an efficient specialist service?A neurology audit In the United Kingdom, in 1985, 23 million new patients attended hospital outpatient clinics.'These routinely collected health statistics, however, do not provide detailed information about how long newly referred patients wait for an outpatient appointment, the outcome of such consultations, or whether the allocation of priority to new referrals is satisfactory.
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