Attendance at child psychiatry new patient clinics
- 1 December 1994
- journal article
- audit
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 11 (4), 182-184
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0790966700001786
Abstract
Objective: An audit of referrals to a child psychiatry clinic is described. The process of asking families to confirm appointments and offering appointments to other families if no confirmation is received was analysed.Method: Referral information on those refusing appointments offered, whether by declining the offer or by default, was compared with that of families attending first appointments.Results: Longer waiting times and referral for treatment as opposed to assessment or advice were associated with higher likelihood of appointment refusalConclusion: The referral process resulted in a reduction in wasted professional time.Keywords
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