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dc.contributor.author | Frankel, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Farrow, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | West, R | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-10-02T10:31:08Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2008-10-02T10:31:08Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1989 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | British Medical Journal. 298 (6684) 1343–1345 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/2713 | - |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE--To determine the causes of non-attendance at new outpatient appointments. DESIGN--Case-control study of non-attenders and attenders. SETTING--Outpatient department of a general hospital. SUBJECTS--All non-attenders (n = 277) for first outpatient appointments in six specialties during a three month period were included. Controls (n = 135) were the attenders who followed every second non-attender; thus they attended the same consultant on the same day that the non-attenders were expected. INTERVENTIONS--None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--Information on the clinical problem, difficulties in attending the hospital, and reasons for non-attendance from the questionnaire were coded and classified. Non-attenders had received shorter notice of their appointment than attenders (14% v 1% had received three days' notice or less). There were small differences in the seriousness of patients' clinical condition. CONCLUSIONS--Client factors are less important than aspects of the service in explaining non-attendance at outpatient appointments. | en |
dc.format.extent | 123 bytes | - |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | BMJ | en |
dc.title | Non-attendance or non-invitation? A case-control study of failed outpatient appointments | en |
dc.type | Research Paper | en |
Appears in Collections: | Community Health and Public Health Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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