NCT02113488

Causes of Nonattendance at Scheduled Outpatient Appointments

Case-control Study: Causes of Nonattendance at Clinical Medicine Scheduled Outpatient Appointments in a University General Hospital

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 450 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Our aim was to identify the causes non-attendance at scheduled appointments at the Clinical Medicine Outpatient care system at the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires (HIBA).

Detailed description

Nonattendance at scheduled appointments at outpatient clinics is a common problem in general medical practice, representing a significant cost to the health care system, and resulting in disruption of daily work planning.Nonattendance at medical appointments has consequences not only for doctors (as it requires a greater use of resources and time), but also for patients, because there may be deterioration in the quality of care, and dissatisfaction associated with delays in obtaining a new appointment.

Conditions

• Appointments and Schedules
• Outpatient Clinics, Hospital

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-01
• Primary completion: 2018-06-01
• Completion: 2018-07-01
• First posted: 2014-04-14
• Last updated: 2019-08-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Argentina