K Fairhurst, A Sheikh - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2008 - qshc.bmj.com Method: We included 415 appointments made by patients (n = 173) who had failed
to attend two or more routine appointments in the preceding year. Patients whose
appointments were randomised to the intervention group received a text ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] MJ Wilkinson - The British Journal of General Practice, 1994 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Effecting change in frequent non-attenders MJB Wilkinson 233 Depression among
cancer patients Mari Lloyd-Williams 233 Abnormal menstrual bleeding in
perimenopausal women M Shapley and CW E Redman 234 Non-attenders for ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 3 versions
RD Neal, M Hussain-Gambles, VL Allgar, DA … - BMC Family Practice, 2005 - biomedcentral.com Of the 386 who missed appointments 122 (32%) responded. Of the 386 in the
comparison group 223 (58%) responded, resulting in 23 case-control matched pairs
with complete data collection. Over 40% of individuals who missed an ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - Cached - All 7 versions
- ►nih.gov JD Van Baar, H Joosten, J Car, GK Freeman, … - British Medical Journal, 2006 - qshc.bmj.com Objective: To understand factors influencing patients' decisions to attend for
outpatient follow up consultations for asthma and to explore patients' attitudes
to telephone and email consultations in facilitating access to asthma care. Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
MF Daley, JF Steiner, RM Brayden, S Xu, S … - Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2002 - Elsevier Design/Methods.—Randomized controlled trial at an inner-city teaching
hospital. Using an immunization registry, we randomly assigned children aged 6
weeks to 22 months unimmunized for PCV7 to an intervention group (n = 610) ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 10 versions
O Kharbanda… - American Journal of Public Health, 2009 - Am Public Health Assoc We conducted focus groups and individual interviews in a diverse population of
parents to qualita- tively explore preferences and readiness for text message
immu- nization reminders. We used con- tent analysis to review and ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org C Martin, T Perfect, G Mantle - Family Practice, 2005 - Oxford Univ Press Background. More than 12 million appointments in primary care are not attended
each year: this is about 6.5% of the appointments made. Missing appointments is
widely perceived as a waste of resources and a potential barrier to the ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
L Beecham - BMJ: British Medical Journal, 1999 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov A survey of 374 practices in July and August showed that there were 5520 missed
GP appointments a week and that 4.5 appointments were missed on average a week
with each GP. Extended to the whole of the United Kingdom there would be an ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] M Husain-Gambles, RD Neal, O Dempsey, DA … - The British Journal of General Practice, 2004 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Introduction THE issue of people who fail to keep appointments in primary care
is important for patients and staff. Between 4% and 12% of appointments are
missed.1 The reaction of primary care staff to missed appointments may vary ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
