Yan Fang1, Beihua Kong1,5, Qifeng Yang2, Daoxin Ma3, and Xun Qu4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Ji’nan 250012, Shandong, People’s Republic of China Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Ji’nan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Ji’nan, Sh...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of sublingual and vaginal misoprostol in the medical management of missed miscarriage. METHODS Fifty women diagnosed as having missed miscarriage of gestational age less than 20 weeks were assigned randomly to receive 400 microg of either sublingual or vaginal misoprostol every three hours, up to a maximum of five doses. The primary outcome measures were, com...

OBJECTIVE To understand the impact of family structure on the metabolic control of children with diabetes, we posed two research questions: 1) what are the differences in sociodemographic, family, and community factors between single-mother and two-parent families of diabetic children? and 2) to what extent do these psychosocial factors predict metabolic control among diabetic children from sin...

OBJECTIVE To analyze short-term leaves among the healthcare staff of a university hospital. METHODS Study population included 965 nursing professionals active on 1 January 2000. Leaves up to 30 days in one year were analyzed. Sickness leaves (one-year aggregate), service demand, and diagnoses were described. Relative risk was estimated through multivariate analysis, using negative binomial di...

BACKGROUND Patients not attending to clinic appointments (no-show) significantly affects delivery, cost of care and resource planning. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence, predictors and economic consequences of patient no-shows. METHOD This is a retrospective cohort study using administrative databases for fiscal years 1997-2008. We searched administrative databases for no-show frequency and...

Outpatient non-attendance is a considerable source of inefficiency in the health service, wasting time, resources and potentially lengthening waiting lists, Given the current economic climate, methods need to be employed to reduce non-attendance. The aim was to analyse outpatient non-attendance and determine what factors influence attendance. A prospective audit over a two-month period to a ter...

This study was reviewed to examine how third-party channels affected HPV vaccine uptake and awareness, knowledge, attitudes related vaccine. Study inclusion criteria were raw data collection on vaccination for the gain insight into public awareness vaccine-related attitudes, behavior. The three objectives were; construct a new research model of women’s willingness use appointments; explore over...

BACKGROUND Residency clinics with high no-show rates experience negative ramifications in patient health care, continuity, clinic productivity, and learning experiences for residents. This study tested patient education in the form of an exit interview to reduce no-show rates. METHODS All eligible new patients at St. Mary's Family Practice Center between 1 February 1996 and 30 April 1997 were...

retrospectively, and the data show that it can effective. All unduplicated patients that were active at any time between January and August 2009 and whose name appeared on the 104 day report were extracted from the EMR. The data elements that were analyzed were (1) what percentage of individuals who were on the 104 day report at one time do not appear on the report again—that is, who made a fol...

BACKGROUND Demand for endoscopic procedures scheduled with anesthesia is increasing and no-show to appointments carries significant patient health and financial impact, yet little is known about predictors of no-show. METHODS We performed a 16-month retrospective observational cohort study of patients scheduled for outpatient endoscopy with anesthesia at a county hospital serving the safety-n...