The role of patients and providers in the timing of follow-up visits
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 14 (4) , 223-229
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00321.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:Although the decision about how frequently to see outpatients has a direct impact on a provider’s workload and may impact health care costs, revisit intervals have rarely been a topic of...Keywords
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