No-shows to primary care appointments: Subsequent acute care utilization among diabetic patients

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nuti, Lynn A ^a   Lawley, Mark ^b   Turkcan, Ayten ^c   Tian, Zhiyi ^d   Zhang, Lingsong ^d,e   Chang, Karen ^a   Willis, Deanna R ^f   Sands, Laura P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

^d Purdue University   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Emergency department visits; Hospital admissions; No show; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865732480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-304     Document Type: Article

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