Why Patients Miss Scheduled Outpatient Appointments at Urban Academic Residency Clinics

Factors associated with nonattendance at clinical medicine scheduled outpatient appointments in a university general hospital

INTRODUCTION Nonattendance at scheduled outpatient appointments for primary care is a major health care problem worldwide. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of nonattendance at scheduled appointments for outpatients seeking primary care, to identify associated factors and build a model that predicts nonattendance at scheduled appointments. METHODS A cohort study of adult patients, who ha...

Why patients miss follow-up appointments: a prospective control-matched study.

OBJECTIVES To investigate missed appointments in a South African tertiary hospital. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, descriptive series with controls. SETTING The ENT/Oncology clinic at Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa. SUBJECT 305 patients with a head and neck malignancy who had follow-up appointments over 4 consecutive months between June and September 2006. A control group of 31 pati...

Patients' Perspectives on Responsiveness in Outpatient Clinics of Hospitals at Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

Background and Objectives: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), responsiveness is the ability of health systems to meet the legitimate expectations of populations for non-clinical enhancing aspects of health system. Assessment of responsiveness can help to manage resource allocation and improve strategies. The aim of this study was to assess the responsiveness in outpatient clinics...

Characteristics of HIV patients who missed their scheduled appointments

OBJECTIVE To analyze whether sociodemographic characteristics, consultations and care in special services are associated with scheduled infectious diseases appointments missed by people living with HIV. METHODS This cross-sectional and analytical study included 3,075 people living with HIV who had at least one scheduled appointment with an infectologist at a specialized health unit in 2007. A...

E-Health at Outpatient Clinics in Uganda