Non Attendance at Scheduled Appointments as a Marker of Visits in the Emergency Department, Hospitalization and Mortality
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 177,083
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- All cause mortality
研究概览
简要总结
To evaluate the association of non attendance at scheduled appointments with visits in the emergency department, hospitalizations and mortality during one year follow up.
详细描述
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
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Over 17 years.
- •Adults who attended, did not attend a scheduled appointment at the Outpatient care system at the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires (HIBA)
排除标准
- •The refusal to register or to the informed consent process.
结局指标
主要结局
All cause mortality
时间窗: 1 year
Mortality of all causes retrospective assesment from secondary data bases
次要结局
- All cause unprogrammed admissions to hospital(1 year)
- All cause unprogrammed consult to the emergency department(1 year)
研究者
Diego Hernan Giunta, MD
MD
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires