Demographic and practice factors predicting repeated non-attendance in primary care: a national retrospective cohort analysis

The Lancet Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2017, Pages e551-e559

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

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTENDANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85037839314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24682667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30217-7     Document Type: Article

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