PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - William Hamilton
AU  - Alison Round
AU  - Deborah Sharp
TI  - Patient, hospital, and general practitioner characteristics associated with non-attendance: a cohort study.
DP  - 2002 Apr 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 317--319
VI  - 52
IP  - 477
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/52/477/317.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/52/477/317.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract2002 Apr 01; 52
AB  - Studies examining characteristics of non-attendance at hospital outpatients have given inconsistent results. We examined a cohort of 1972 referrals from 26 general practitioners, with complete follow-up. Five factors were found to be significantly associated with non-attendance: male sex, younger age, longer interval between referral and appointment, higher Jarman score and patients of a high-referring general practitioner. Targeting of strategies to reduce non-attendance is possible using these results.