A telephone call reminder to improve outpatient attendance in patients referred from the emergency department: A randomised controlled trial

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 585-592

  Ritchie, P D ^a   Jenkins, M ^b   Cameron, P A ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency Department; Outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0033773577     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2000.tb00860.x     Document Type: Article

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