Predictors of failed attendances in a multi-specialty outpatient centre using electronic databases

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Failure to keep outpatient medical appointments results in inefficiencies and costs. The objective of this study is to show the factors in an existing electronic database that affect failed appointments and to develop a predictive pr...

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Main Authors: Chen Mark I, Earnest Arul, Lee Vernon J, Krishnan Bala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/5/51