The effect of exit-interview patient education on no-show rates at a family practice residency clinic

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 399-404

  Guse, Clare E ^a   Richardson, Leanne ^b   Carle, Mariann ^c   Schmidt, Karin ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b New West Physicians   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Medical College of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEWBORN; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; RANK SUM TEST; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL WORKER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 2342458474     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.5.399     Document Type: Review

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