Strategies for improving follow-up client appointment-keeping compliance

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 935-939

  Myers, Esther F ^a   Heffner, Sharon M ^b  

^a ADA   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; DIETETICS; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DIET THERAPY; DIETETICS; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0035433643     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(01)00232-2     Document Type: Article

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