Curran J S, Halpert R D, Straatman A
Radiol Manage. 1989 Summer;11(3):44-8.
Radiology departments may inadvertently be contributing to their patient "no show" problems. This article continues the analysis of patients' failure to keep scheduled radiology appointments first described in "Patient 'No Shows'--A Costly Problem" (Radiology Management, 11:1) and illustrates "no-show" patterns in three examination groups in the Department of Radiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. The study shows a strong link between patients' failure to keep appointments and the length of time between scheduling and the performance of the examination.
放射科可能在不经意间导致了患者爽约的问题。本文延续了对患者未能按时赴放射科预约检查情况的分析，该分析首次在《患者爽约——一个代价高昂的问题》（《放射学管理》，第11卷，第1期）中有所描述，并阐述了得克萨斯大学医学分校加尔维斯顿分校放射科三个检查组的“爽约”模式。研究表明，患者未能按时赴约与预约时间和检查执行时间之间的时长存在紧密联系。
