Does pain take holidays? Non-attendance rates at a hospital-based pain clinic are elevated during the Jewish high-holidays
Abstract Background Patient non-attendance is an expensive and persistent problem worldwide with rates between 5–39% reported in the literature. The objective of the study was to assess whether there is a higher incidence of non-attendance in a hospital-based pain clinic during the period of the Jew...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-03-01
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Series: | Israel Journal of Health Policy Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-017-0132-9 |