Nonattendance in pediatric pulmonary clinics: An ambulatory survey

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Goldbart, Aviv D ^a   Dreiher, Jacob ^b,c   Vardy, Daniel A ^b,d   Alkrinawi, Soliman ^a,b   Cohen, Arnon D ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Leumit Health Care System   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNICITY; GENDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PEDIATRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PULMONOLOGY; RESPIRATORY CARE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 65149097853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-9-12     Document Type: Article

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