Do patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo receive prompt treatment? Analysis of waiting times and human and financial costs associated with current practice.
This study retrospectively analysed how 20 patients with posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) were managed from primary care, to treatment in tertiary care. The average time from first referral to treatment was 93 weeks, with an average of 58 weeks within primary care and 40 w...
| Published in: | International Journal of Audiology Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 50 - 58 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2005
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