Missed Appointments: Factors Contributing to High No-Show Rates in an Urban Pediatrics Primary Care Clinic

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 976-982

  Samuels, Ronald C ^a,b   Ward, Valerie L ^a,b   Melvin, Patrice ^a   Macht Greenberg, Michael ^c   Wenren, Larissa M ^a   Yi, Jessica ^d   Massey, Gordon ^a   Cox, Joanne E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

appointments and schedules; missed appointments; pediatric care; primary health care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSED APPOINTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA; HEALTH SERVICE; MASSACHUSETTS; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84939553589     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922815570613     Document Type: Article

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