Effect of open access scheduling on missed appointments, immunizations, and continuity of care for infant well-child care visits

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 889-893

  O'Connor, Mary E ^a,b,d   Matthews, Bethany S ^a   Gao, Dexiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d Westside Family Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33748499834     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.9.889     Document Type: Article

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