The effect of a carve-out advanced access scheduling system on no-show rates

Family Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-56

  Bennett, Kevin J ^a   Baxley, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58949093990     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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