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

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Authors: William Hamilton, Alison Round, Deborah Sharp

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1816330804

FWCI: 4.43

Cites: 6

Cited by: 128

Related to: 10