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Non Attendance at Scheduled Appointments as a Marker of Mortality and Hospital Admission

NCT ID: NCT02210637

Last Updated: 2015-12-17

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

177083 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-12-31

Study Completion Date

2017-12-31

Brief Summary

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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

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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

Conditions

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Appointments and Schedules Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/Economics Emergency Department Hospitalization Mortality

Keywords

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Appointments and Schedules Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/Economics Emergency Department Hospitalization Mortality

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Retrospective Cohort

Retrospective Cohort of scheduled outpatient appointment

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 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 Criteria

\- The refusal to register or to the informed consent process.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Diego Hernan Giunta, MD

MD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Diego H Giunta, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Locations

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Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Argentina

Central Contacts

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Diego H Giunta, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: (5411)4959-0200

Email: [email protected]

Agustina Briatore, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: (5411)4959-0200

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Diego H Giunta, MD

Role: primary

Agustina Briatore, MD

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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2301

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id