Abstract:
AIM:To identify those patients most likely to fail to attend dental appointments. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of the attendance pattern of patients. SETTING:A National Health Service practice in Kent. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Dental records of 1000 patients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Data (age, gender, plaque score, treatment planned, whether the patient was exempt from charges, distance between their home and the practice) were related to attendance history. RESULTS:34.8% of patients receiving income support and 24.8% of children failed to attend compared with 18.6% of non-exempt adults. Differences between non-exempt adults and children [per cent difference 6.2%, CI = (0.6%, 11.8%)] and for those receiving income support [per cent difference 16.2%, CI = (6.2%, 26.2%)] were significant (P < 0.05). A significant improvement in the appointment failure rate was achieved using telephone reminders. CONCLUSIONS:Patients exempt from dental charges (mainly children and those receiving income support) were more likely to have failed to attend for their appointment. Whereas the attendance of children may be outside their control in some cases, we hypothesise that factors such as poverty in the group receiving income support may be an important influence in whether these patients feel able to attend for their appointments.
journal_name
Br Dent Jjournal_title
British dental journalauthors
Reekie D,Devlin H,Worthington Hdoi
10.1038/sj.bdj.4809325subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-02-22 00:00:00pages
139-43issue
4eissn
0007-0610issn
1476-5373journal_volume
182pub_type
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