Historique
Périodique
From telephone to office. Intake attendance as a function of appointment delay
(De la prise de rendez-vous téléphonique d'un patient à la consultation : présence à la consulation d'entrée selon le délai d'attente du rendez-vous)
Auteur(s) :
FESTINGER D. S. ;
LAMB, R. J. ;
MARLOWE, D. B. ;
KIRBY, K. C.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
131-137
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
12
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus mots-clés
COCAINE
;
TRAITEMENT AMBULATOIRE
;
CONSULTATION
;
TELEPHONE
;
ADMISSION
;
OBSERVANCE DU TRAITEMENT
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Addictive Behaviors, 2002, 27, (1), 131-137
Note de contenu :
graph.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
In the present study, 116 clients calling an outpatient cocaine treatment clinic were randomly assigned to intake appointments scheduled either the same day, 1 day, 3 days, or 7 days later. Significantly more subjects scheduled 1 day later attended their intake appointments (72%), compared to those scheduled 3 days (41%) or 7 days (38%) later. Odds ratios indicate that subjects offered intake appointments approximately 24 h following their initial contact are more than four times as likely to attend their intakes as those scheduled later. This accelerated intake procedure allows clinics to reach more patients in need of services. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Treatment Res. Inst. Univ. Pennsylvania, 600 Public Ledger Building, 150 South Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3475. E-mail : dfestinger@tresearch.com
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.