Status:
UNKNOWN
Non Attendance at Scheduled Appointments as a Marker of Mortality and Hospital Admission
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Conditions:
Appointments and Schedules
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/Economics
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
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...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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)
Exclusion
- \- The refusal to register or to the informed consent process.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2015
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
177083 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02210637
Start Date
December 1 2015
End Date
December 1 2017
Last Update
December 17 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina, C1199ABD