Prompt letters to reduce non-attendance: Applying evidence based practice

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jayaram, Mahesh ^a   Rattehalli, Ranganath D ^a   Kader, Ihsan ^a  

^a LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTAL MAIL; RANDOMIZATION; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249128079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-90     Document Type: Article

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