Carpenter P J, Morrow G R, Del Gaudio A C, Ritzler B A
Am J Psychiatry. 1981 Jan;138(1):102-5. doi: 10.1176/ajp.138.1.102.
The authors studied 1,106 consecutive patients who called for an initial outpatient appointment at a medical center department of psychiatry during a one-year period. The 759 (68.6%) patients who kept their initial scheduled appointment differed from the 347 (31.4%) who did not in age, previous psychiatric treatment, source of referral, chief complaint, and number of days they waited for an appointment. A telephone follow-up conducted with almost 30% of those who did not keep their initial appointment revealed that of those contacted, 26 (25%) sought other routes for psychiatric help and 23 (22%) made a subsequent contact at the facility studied.
作者对在一年时间内前往一家医疗中心精神科进行首次门诊预约的1106例连续患者进行了研究。759例（68.6%）按时赴约的患者与347例（31.4%）未按时赴约的患者在年龄、既往精神科治疗史、转诊来源、主诉以及等待预约的天数方面存在差异。对近30%未按时赴约的患者进行了电话随访，结果显示，在被联系的患者中，26例（25%）寻求了其他精神科帮助途径，23例（22%）在该研究机构进行了后续联系。
