Appointment “no-shows” are an independent predictor of subsequent quality of care and resource utilization outcomes
Journal of General Internal MedicinePublished 16 March 2015Open access
Andrew S. Hwang, Steven J. Atlas, Patrick R. Cronin, Jeffrey M. Ashburner, Sachin J. Shah, Wei He
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