Why patients were lost from follow-up at an urban diabetic clinic.

Why Are Spine Surgery Patients Lost to Follow-up?

Long-term outcome studies are frequently hindered by a decreasing frequency of patient follow-up with the treating surgeon over time. Whether this attrition represents a "loss of faith" in their index surgeon or the realities of a geographically mobile society has never been assessed in a population of patients undergoing spinal surgery. The purpose of this article is to determine the frequency...

Why do patients default from follow up at a genitourinary clinic?

Why do patients default from follow-up at a genitourinary clinic?: a multivariate analysis.

OBJECTIVE Firstly to compare the proportion of patients defaulting from follow up at a genitourinary medicine clinic with those attending other hospital based clinics. Secondly to determine which factors are associated with non attendance at a city centre genitourinary medicine clinic. METHODOLOGY The proportion of patients who defaulted at a genitourinary medicine clinic, a general medical c...

Why are antiretroviral treatment patients lost to follow-up? A qualitative study from South Africa

OBJECTIVES To better understand the reasons why patients default from antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes to help design interventions that improve treatment retention and ultimately, patient outcomes. METHODS Prospective cohort study at two treatment sites in South Africa followed by qualitative interviews with patients that had defaulted. RESULTS Respondents overwhelmingly reported ...

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...