Reducing non-attendance in outpatient appointments: predictive model development, validation, and clinical assessment

Reducing non-attendance in outpatient appointments: predictive model development, validation, and clinical assessment

Abstract Background Non-attendance to scheduled hospital outpatient appointments may compromise healthcare resource planning, which ultimately reduces the quality of healthcare provision by delaying assessments and increasing waiting lists. We developed a model for predicting non-attendance and asse...

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Main Authors: Damià Valero-Bover, Pedro González, Gerard Carot-Sans, Isaac Cano, Pilar Saura, Pilar Otermin, Celia Garcia, Maria Gálvez, Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva, Jordi Piera-Jiménez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Non-attendance
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Clinical decision making
Delivery of healthcare
Access to healthcare
Decision trees
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07865-y

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