Reduction and management of no-shows by family medicine residency practice exemplars

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 534-539

  Johnson, Bradley J ^a   Mold, James W ^a   Pontious, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Garfield Co Fam Practice Residency   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointments and schedules; Best practice analysis; Internship and residency; No show; Office management; Primary health care; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; OKLAHOMA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PROBABILITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37049019279     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.752     Document Type: Article

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