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Domiciliary clinics I
— effects on non-attendance | | Author(s) | D N Anderson, C Aquilina |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 10, October 2002 |
| Pages | pp 941-944 |
| Keywords | Home visits [doctors] ; Referrals ; Geriatric out-patients clinics ; Usage [services]. |
| Annotation | A 4-year UK prospective study compared rates of non-attendance for new referrals to a hospital-based clinic versus assessment at home in two parallel old age psychiatry services. The rate of non-attendance for new referrals seen at home was considerably lower (1.7%) than the hospital-based clinic (21.2%). Assessing new outpatient referrals to old age psychiatry services at home reduces non-attendance. This improves efficient use of medical time in a small geographical catchment area, but may not apply to rural or larger catchment areas. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021109207 A |
| Classmark | L5H: L5R: L6G: QLD |
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