Factors Associated With Missed and Cancelled Colonoscopy Appointments at Veterans Health Administration Facilities

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 259-267

  Partin, Melissa R ^a,b   Gravely, Amy ^a   Gellad, Ziad F ^c,d   Nugent, Sean ^a   Burgess, James F ^e,f   Shaukat, Aasma ^a,b   Nelson, David B ^a,b  

^a Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointments and Schedules; Colonoscopy; Health Services Accessibility; Observational Study; Organizational Efficiency; Veterans Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL POLYP; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VERY ELDERLY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84958120332     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.07.051     Document Type: Article

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