Background: Missed appointments are an avoidable cost and a resource inefficiency that
impact on the health of the patient and treatment outcomes. Health-care services are …

This is a systematic review of the factors and reasons associated with follow-up non-
attendance (FUNA) in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension in an …

Background This paper reports on the development of child and adult Action Plans for
Autism Spectrum Disorder to address the problem of delayed diagnosis and lengthy waiting …

Background Unkept outpatient hospital appointments cost the National Health Service£ 1
billion each year. Given the associated costs and morbidity of unkept appointments, this is …

Background: Approximately one-third of patient appointments in Danish health care result in
failures, leading to patient risk and sizable resource waste. Existing interventions to alleviate …

Introduction Missed appointments are a major health issue in the healthcare systems
globally. They directly impact on the use of hospital resources, patient's health, and can lead …

Background Non-attendance at health appointments reduces health service efficiency, is
costly to services, and can risk patient health. Reminder systems are widely used to …

Abstract Objective To better understand Indigenous patient non‐attendance at medical
specialty appointments by learning from the patients attending their scheduled outreach …

Objective This study investigated the provision of public specialist out-patient services in
Queensland delivered in traditional hospital settings (in person) or through a two-way …

Objective Stroke-risk in atrial fibrillation (AF) can be significantly reduced by appropriate
thromboembolic prophylaxis. However, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence …