The effectiveness of SMS Reminders and the impact of patient characteristics on missed appointments in a public dental outpatient clinic

Australasian Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Bellucci, Emilia ^a   Dharmesena, Lasitha ^a   Nguyen, Lemai ^a   Calache, Hanny ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dental Health Services; Non attendance; Patient demographic and appointment characteristics; Public Outpatient Clinics; SMS reminder service

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015699539     PISSN: 14498618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v21i0.1405     Document Type: Article

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