Health provider determinants of nonattendance in pediatric otolaryngology patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 10 I, 2005, Pages 1804-1808

  Cohen, Arnon D ^a   Kaplan, Daniel M ^a,b   Shapiro, Jonathan ^a   Levi, Itzhak ^a   Vardy, Daniel A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Appointment; Nonattendance; Pediatric otolaryngology; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WAITING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 26944497551     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000175202.50499.63     Document Type: Article

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