Large-scale no-show patterns and distributions for clinic operational research

Healthcare (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Davies, Michael L ^a   Goffman, Rachel M ^b   May, Jerrold H ^c   Monte, Robert J ^b   Rodriguez, Keri L ^b,d   Tjader, Youxu C ^c   Vargas, Dominic L ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequent attenders; No shows; Outpatient appointments; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85115127602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare4010015     Document Type: Article

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