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UnknownNCT02210637

Non Attendance at Scheduled Appointments as a Marker of Mortality and Hospital Admission

Non Attendance at Scheduled Appointments as a Marker of Visits in the Emergency Department, Hospitalization and Mortality

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
177,083 (estimated)
Sponsor
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

To evaluate the association of non attendance at scheduled appointments with visits in the emergency department, hospitalizations and mortality during one year follow up.

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

Timeline

Start date
2015-12-01
Primary completion
2016-12-01
Completion
2017-12-01
First posted
2014-08-07
Last updated
2015-12-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Argentina

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02210637. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.