Factors associated with nonattendance at clinical medicine scheduled outpatient appointments in a university general hospital

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 1163-1170

  Giunta, Diego ^a   Briatore, Agustina ^a   Baum, Analía ^a   Luna, Daniel ^a   Waisman, Gabriel ^a   Gonzalez Bernaldo De Quiros, Fernán ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Appointments; Nonattendance; Schedules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84887522233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2l47/PPA.s5l841     Document Type: Article

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