BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives Missed hospital appointments pose a major challenge for healthcare systems. There is a lack of information about drivers of missed hospital appointments in non-Western countries and extent of variability between different types of clinics. The
Tjeerd Van Staa +2 more
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Predictors of failed attendances in a multi-specialty outpatient centre using electronic databases. [PDF]
, 2005 BACKGROUND: 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 probability
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 BackgroundThe first 2 years of life are a particularly sensitive period for the parent–child relationship as well as a healthy, age-appropriate child development.
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BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background At many outpatient departments for psychiatry worldwide, standardized monitoring of the safety of prescribed psychotropic drugs is not routinely performed in daily clinical practice.
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Quality of Diabetes Care at Outpatient Clinic, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Oman Medical Journal, 2015 Objective: To assess the clinical care of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) patients at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), a countrywide tertiary referral center in Muscat, Oman.
Sawsan Al-Sinani +7 more
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Appointment capacity planning in specialty clinics: a queueing approach [PDF]
, 2015 Specialty clinics provide specialized care for patients referred by primary care physicians, emergency departments, or other specialists. Urgent patients must often be seen on the referral day, whereas nonurgent referrals are typically booked an ...
Izady, N., Izady, Navid
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Patient Satisfaction with Health Care Services Provided at HIV Clinics at Amana and Muhimbili Hospitals in Dar es Salaam. [PDF]
, 2011 \ud Since the establishment of free HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in Tanzania a lot of research has been done to assess how health care providers discharge their duties in these clinics. Little research however has been done regarding satisfaction
Kagashe, G A B +4 more
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An integrated care pathway for menorrhagia across the primary–secondary interface : patients' experience, clinical outcomes, and service utilisation [PDF]
, 2007 Background: ‘‘Referral’’ characterises a significant area of interaction between primary and secondary care. Despite advantages, it can be inflexible, and may lead to duplication.
Rashid, Aly +7 more
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Fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever in adults during a dengue epidemic in Singapore. [PDF]
, 2007 BACKGROUND: Dengue fever has seen a significant re-emergence in Southeast Asia. Associated with the rise of dengue has been the increase in dengue-associated mortality.
Chen, Mark I. +4 more
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A qualitative exploration of the enablers and barriers to the provision of outpatient clinics by hospital pharmacists [PDF]
, 2022 BACKGROUND: With increasing demands on the National Health Service (NHS), Scottish Government-led pharmacy strategy has prioritised the development and expansion of outpatient services. Pharmacist-led outpatient clinics have been shown to reduce hospital
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