Understanding repeated non-attendance in health services: A pilot analysis of administrative data and full study protocol for a national retrospective cohort

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Williamson, Andrea E ^a   Ellis, David A ^b   Wilson, Philip ^c   McQueenie, Ross ^a   McConnachie, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTENDANCE; PILOT STUDY; PROOF OF CONCEPT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NO-SHOW PATIENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85012993355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014120     Document Type: Article

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