Dropouts and broken appointments: A literature review and agenda for future research

Medical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1980, Pages 1146-1157

  Deyo, Richard A ^a   Inui, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HUMAN; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0019211887     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198011000-00006     Document Type: Article

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