Improvement of the attendance to the first psychiatric appointments after telephone reminder;Mejoría de la asistencia a las primeras citas en psiquiatría tras aviso telefónico

Anales de Psiquiatria

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 95-101

  Crespo Iglesias, José Manuel ^a   Gonzalez Garcia A ^a   Santos Miguelez B ^a   Naya Fernandez S ^b  

^a Universidad de La Coruña   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Improve attendance; Non attendance; Psychiatric appointments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33748801512     PISSN: 02130599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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