Use of Follow-up Services by Patients Referred from a Walk-in Unit: How Can Patient Compliance Be Improved?

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 81-87

  Pinsker, Judith ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BOSTON; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029315024     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885713X9501000204     Document Type: Article

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