Patient, hospital, and general practitioner characteristics associated with non-attendance: a cohort study.

نویسندگان

  • William Hamilton
  • Alison Round
  • Deborah Sharp
چکیده

Studies examining characteristics of non-attendance at hospital outpatients have given inconsistent results. We examined a cohort of 1972 referrals from 26 general practitioners, with complete follow-up. Five factors were found to be significantly associated with non-attendance: male sex, younger age, longer interval between referral and appointment, higher Jarman score and patients of a high-referring general practitioner. Targeting of strategies to reduce non-attendance is possible using these results.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners

دوره 52 477  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002