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- Title
Capsule Commentary of Shah et al., Targeted Reminder Phone Calls to Patients at High Risk to No-Show for Primary Care Appointment: A Randomized Trial.
- Authors
Tak, Hyo; Tak, Hyo Jung
- Abstract
The author comments on a study which shows that reminder phone call reduced the no-show rate of patients in medical appointments. Topics discussed include the effects of delayed medical appointments on the health status of patients and the role of medical providers in encouraging patients to have their medical checkup.
- Subjects
OUTPATIENT medical care; TELEPHONE calls; PRIMARY care; PATIENT compliance; HEALTH behavior; DIRECTLY observed therapy
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 12, p1504
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-016-3835-7