Lost to follow up: a study of nonattendance at a general paediatric outpatient clinic.
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Lost to follow up: a study of nonattendance at a general paediatric outpatient clinic.
50 children defined as persistent outpatient nonattenders were compared with 50 children who regularly attended the same clinics. Several factors were often found in the group of nonattenders: (a) initial referral via casualty without a letter from the family doctor, (b) hospital admission before the first outpatient appointment, (c) recognition of multiple medical problems, and (d) evidence of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.54.10.765