Non Attendance at Scheduled Appointments as a Marker of Mortality and Hospital Admission
- Conditions
- HospitalizationAppointments and SchedulesEmergency DepartmentOutpatient Clinics, Hospital/EconomicsMortality
- Registration Number
- NCT02210637
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
- Brief 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
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 177083
- 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)
- The refusal to register or to the informed consent process.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method All cause mortality 1 year Mortality of all causes retrospective assesment from secondary data bases
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method All cause unprogrammed admissions to hospital 1 year First all cause unprogrammed admissions to hospital
All cause unprogrammed consult to the emergency department 1 year First emergency department consults from secondary data base in 1 year retrospective
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina