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

Sponsor

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (Other)

Overall Status

Unknown status

CT.gov ID

NCT02210637

Collaborator

(none)

177,083

Enrollment

Location

Duration (Months)

7373.4

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

To evaluate the association of non attendance at scheduled appointments with visits in the emergency department, hospitalizations and mortality during one year follow up.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Appointments and Schedules Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/Economics Emergency Department Hospitalization Mortality

Detailed Description

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

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Anticipated Enrollment :

177083 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Retrospective

Official Title:

Non Attendance at Scheduled Appointments as a Marker of Visits in the Emergency Department, Hospitalization and Mortality

Study Start Date :

Dec 1, 2015

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2016

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2017

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Retrospective Cohort Retrospective Cohort of scheduled outpatient appointment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

All cause mortality [1 year]
Mortality of all causes retrospective assesment from secondary data bases

Secondary Outcome Measures

All cause unprogrammed consult to the emergency department [1 year]
First emergency department consults from secondary data base in 1 year retrospective
All cause unprogrammed admissions to hospital [1 year]
First all cause unprogrammed admissions to hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

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)