Why do patients not keep their appointments? Prospective study in a gastroenterology outpatient clinic

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 284-286

  Murdock, A ^a   Rodgers, C ^a   Lindsay, H ^a   Tham, T C K ^a  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0036089253     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.95.6.284     Document Type: Article

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