Reducing missed primary care appointments in a learning health system

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 689-696

  Steiner, John F ^a   Shainline, Michael R ^a   Bishop, Mary Christine ^a   Xu, Stan ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; health care delivery; implementation research; prediction rules; randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSED PRIMARY CARE APPOINTMENT; MOBILE PHONE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXT MESSAGING; ADOLESCENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963553697     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000543     Document Type: Article

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