Compliance with consultations in a military psychiatry clinic.

The study was undertaken to determine the effect of increased information in the referral process on compliance in routine consultations to a military outpatient psychiatry clinic. To evaluate the potential beneficial effects of facilitating factors in a clinic with over 70% baseline compliance, the psychiatrist's name and information about the clinic was provided to one-half of all patients who presented with a routine consult during a 2-month period. There was no increase in compliance rates for patients who were given more than standard information. These results have impact on manpower and staffing issues for the military.