Exploring factors influencing non-attendance at the diabetes clinic and service improvement strategies from patients' perspectives

Practical Diabetes

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 113-116

  Akhter, Kalsoom ^a,b   Dockray, Samantha ^b,c   Simmons, David ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Did not attend (DNA); Forgetting; Phone survey; Text message; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; TELECONSULTATION; TEXT MESSAGING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84863659379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1670     Document Type: Review

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