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| Title |
Prevalence, predictors and economic consequences of no-shows
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-015-1243-z |
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| Authors |
Parviz Kheirkhah, Qianmei Feng, Lauren M. Travis, Shahriar Tavakoli-Tabasi, Amir Sharafkhaneh |
| Abstract |
Patients not attending to clinic appointments (no-show) significantly affects delivery, cost of care and resource planning. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence, predictors and economic consequences of patient no-shows. This is a retrospective cohort study using administrative databases for fiscal years 1997-2008. We searched administrative databases for no-show frequency and cost at a large medical center. In addition, we estimated no-show rates and costs in another 10 regional hospitals. We studied no-show rates in primary care and various subspecialty settings over a 12-year period, the monthly and seasonal trends of no-shows, the effects of implementing a reminder system and the economic effects of missed appointments. The mean no-show rate was 18.8 % (2.4 %) in 10 main clinics with highest occurring in subspecialist clinics. No-show rate in the women clinic was higher and the no-show rate in geriatric clinic was lower compared to general primary care clinic (PCP). The no-show rate remained at a high level despite its reduction by a centralized phone reminder (from 16.3 % down to 15.8 %). The average cost of no-show per patient was $196 in 2008. Our data indicates that no-show imposed a major burden on this health care system. Further, implementation of a reminder system only modestly reduced the no-show rate. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 274 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 272 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 45 | 16% |
| Researcher | 32 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 28 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 20 | 7% |
| Other | 49 | 18% |
| Unknown | 75 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 76 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 33 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 6% |
| Psychology | 9 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 40 | 15% |
| Unknown | 91 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 187. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 November 2022.
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