Failure to keep clinic appointments: Implications for residency education and productivity

Family Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 627-630

  Hixon, Allen L ^a   Chapman, Ronald W ^b   Nuovo, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032845426     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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