Appointment Attendance in a Pediatric Weight Management Clinic
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Appointment Breaking in a Pediatric Clinic †
To maintain organizational efficiency, many clinics schedule their patients by using an appointment system. Several writers have noted the advantages and disadvantages of giving appointments.` However, few studies have considered a dysfunctional aspect of such systems, such as broken appointments. Hansen,' in her study of patients attending a child health conference, found that broken appointme...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Pediatrics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0009-9228,1938-2707
DOI: 10.1177/0009922811410876