Beschreibung
Non-attendance for outpatient appointment results in a myriad of ineptitude, disorganization and ineffectiveness. Patients non-attendance is a major problem for the health provider and hospital management in terms of cost and productivity. Few studies have sought to understand factors responsible for non-attendance in out-patient physiotherapy compared to others health professions. This book presents a study that investigated the rate of initial non-attendance for out-patient physiotherapy, assessed the perceptions of physiotherapists on factors influencing patients non-attendance and also identified patients at risk of missing an appointment by using a prediction model.
Autorenporträt
Chidozie E. Mbada (MSc PT) is a researcher and lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria. He is a fellow of the African Doctoral and Dissertation Research Fellowship, Kenya and He's currently a PHD candidate in Physiotherapy at the Univeristy of Ibadan, Nigeria. Akinsiku Omotola is a researcher in Medical Rehabilitation at the OAU.
