Missed Appointments in an Outpatient Clinic for Adolescents, an Approach to Predict the Risk of Missing

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-45

  Chariatte, Vincent ^a   Berchtold, André ^a   Akré, Christina ^a   Michaud, Pierre André ^a   Suris, Joan Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescent health services; Continuity of patient care; Health service management; Patient compliance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 51749125903     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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