Why do patients not keep their appointments? Prospective study in a gastroenterology outpatient clinic
Open Access
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
- Vol. 95 (6), 284-286
- https://doi.org/10.1258/jrsm.95.6.284
Abstract
Unkept outpatient appointments are a drain on resources. In a prospective study we asked non-attenders at a gastroenterology clinic why they had missed their appointment.Keywords
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