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Increased Likelihood of Missed Appointments ('No Shows') for Racial/Ethnic Minorities in a Safety Net Health System
- Source :
- Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, Vol 7 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Missed appointments have been linked to adverse outcomes known to affect racial/ethnic minorities. However, the association of missed appointments with race/ethnicity has not been determined. We sought to determine the relationships between race/ethnicity and missed appointments by performing a cross-sectional study of 161 350 patients in a safety net health system. Several race/ethnicity categories were significantly associated with missed appointment rates, including Hispanic/Latino patients, American Indian/Alaskan Native patients, and Black/African American patients, as compared with White non-Hispanic patients. Other significant predictors included Mexico as country of origin, medical complexity, and major mental illness. We recommend additional research to determine which interventions best reduce missed appointments for minority populations in order to improve the care of vulnerable patients.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study
Safety net
education
Psychological intervention
Ethnic group
lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
Vulnerable Populations
03 medical and health sciences
Race (biology)
Appointments and Schedules
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Ethnicity
Research Letter
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Community and Home Care
Primary Health Care
business.industry
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
030503 health policy & services
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
lcsh:RA1-1270
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Mental illness
medicine.disease
Health equity
Country of origin
United States
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family medicine
lcsh:R858-859.7
0305 other medical science
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21501327
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of primary carecommunity health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2c18203187eaaf23552bbb2182b1891f