The resident leaves the clinic: the effects of changing physicians on appointment-keeping behavior.
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Brown, JT; Fulkerson, CC; Delong, ER
Published in: J Gen Intern Med
1986
To understand the effect that termination of an established physician-patient relationship has on patient attendance patterns in a medical clinic, appointment scheduling and patient attendance were measured for 210 patients before and after 11 senior resident physicians left the clinic. There was no significant change in appointment scheduling, although the number of unscheduled or "drop-in" visits increased (p = 0.02). Likewise, patient attendance patterns did not differ between study periods. Overall the termination of an established relationship between an internist and a patient in this hospital-based general medicine clinic had no effect on appointment scheduling and patient attendance.
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J Gen Intern Med
DOI
ISSN
0884-8734
Publication Date
1986
Volume
1
Issue
2
Start / End Page
98 / 100
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Primary Health Care
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Patient Compliance
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Internship and Residency
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Female
- Continuity of Patient Care
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Brown, J. T., Fulkerson, C. C., & Delong, E. R. (1986). The resident leaves the clinic: the effects of changing physicians on appointment-keeping behavior. J Gen Intern Med, 1(2), 98–100. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02599811
Brown, J. T., C. C. Fulkerson, and E. R. Delong. “The resident leaves the clinic: the effects of changing physicians on appointment-keeping behavior.” J Gen Intern Med 1, no. 2 (1986): 98–100. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02599811.
Brown JT, Fulkerson CC, Delong ER. The resident leaves the clinic: the effects of changing physicians on appointment-keeping behavior. J Gen Intern Med. 1986;1(2):98–100.
Brown, J. T., et al. “The resident leaves the clinic: the effects of changing physicians on appointment-keeping behavior.” J Gen Intern Med, vol. 1, no. 2, 1986, pp. 98–100. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/BF02599811.
Brown JT, Fulkerson CC, Delong ER. The resident leaves the clinic: the effects of changing physicians on appointment-keeping behavior. J Gen Intern Med. 1986;1(2):98–100.
Published In
J Gen Intern Med
DOI
ISSN
0884-8734
Publication Date
1986
Volume
1
Issue
2
Start / End Page
98 / 100
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Primary Health Care
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Patient Compliance
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Internship and Residency
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Female
- Continuity of Patient Care