Temporal Trends in Nonattendence Rate for Scheduled Outpatient Appointments.
Completed
- Conditions
- Patient Non Attendance to Medical Care
- Registration Number
- NCT06419725
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
- Brief Summary
Ecological time-series study using secondary databases.
- Detailed Description
A time-series study will be conducted to evaluate nonattendance over time. The unit of analysis will be the appointment.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 13823093
Inclusion Criteria
- Appointments scheduled for outpatient medical care across all settings and specialties from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2023
Exclusion Criteria
- Cancelled appointments, including cancellations made by the patient, medical team, and the appointment management system.
- Appointments that do not correspond to scheduled in-person care (Teleconsultations,
- Appointments for walk-in demand).
- Scheduled appointments that are not for medical care (Health coverage or specialties that do not correspond to scheduled medical care, Appointments for procedures,
- Appointments for complementary exams, Appointments for treatments such as speech therapy, physiotherapy, or other therapies).
- Spontaneous overflow appointments where the patient spontaneously presents for care at that moment. These appointments cannot be absent as the present and the appointment are assigned simultaneously.
- System errors that do not correspond to actual patient medical care appointments (Duplicate cancellations, Appointments where patient and physician coincide).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Describe the behavior over time of the nonattendance proportion in scheduled outpatient medical appointments for in-person medical care over an 8-year period (globally and by subgroups: gender, age, medical specialty, and medical coverage). 2016 to 2023 Evaluate temporal trends and changes (joinpoints) in the absenteeism proportion in scheduled outpatient medical appointments for in-person medical care over the same period. 2016 to 2023
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
🇦🇷Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aire, Argentina