No-show after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy treatment in endourology clinic: Can we build a typical patient profile?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients "no-show" in outpatient clinics is a worldwide challenge. Healthcare providers and patients suffer from negative impacts that include increased expenditure, clinical management ineffectiveness, and decreased access to care. This study aims to evaluate no-show rate among extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy patients visiting endourology clinic and to identify the demographic and clinical predictors of no-show.

Methods

A cross-sectional and historical cohort study using electronic medical records. We included 790 patients aged >18 years old referred for endourology clinic following shock wave lithotripsy during 2010-2017 at Hadassah Medical Center in Israel. We predicted no-show rate following shock wave lithotripsy by various patient characteristics by a

SUBMITTER: Mekayten M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545770 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature