Sunday Poster Session
Category: Practice Management
Nicole Vaynberg, MBA
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
AMARILLO, TX
Pre-intervention | Post-intervention | ||||
n (%) | n (%) | χ2 (df=1) | p-value | Adjusted p-value | |
Appointment no longer necessary | 16 (3.17) | 8 (1.7) | 1.64 | 0.201 | 1 |
Appointment prep not done | 19 (3.77) | 24 (5.1) | 0.72 | 0.395 | 1 |
Cost | 14 (2.78) | 10 (2.12) | 0.2 | 0.651 | 1 |
Deceased | 2 (0.4) | 4 (0.85) | 0.24 | 0.622 | 1 |
Did not give reason | 55 (10.91) | 120 (25.48) | 34.09 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Did not want appointment | 16 (3.17) | 18 (3.82) | 0.14 | 0.707 | 1 |
Emergency | 13 (2.58) | 14 (2.97) | 0.03 | 0.858 | 1 |
Forgot appointment | 3 (0.6) | 7 (1.49) | 1.13 | 0.288 | 1 |
Internal scheduling issues | 66 (13.1) | 20 (4.25) | 22.62 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Out-of-town | 5 (0.99) | 0 (0) | 2.95 | 0.086 | 1 |
Schedule conflict | 30 (5.95) | 42 (8.92) | 2.71 | 0.1 | 1 |
Seeing another GI provider | 4 (0.79) | 5 (1.06) | 0.01 | 0.919 | 1 |
Sick | 19 (3.77) | 33 (7.01) | 4.43 | 0.035 | 0.706 |
Transportation | 15 (2.98) | 14 (2.97) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Unable to contact patient | 224 (44.44) | 145 (30.79) | 18.73 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
other | 1 (0.2) | 7 (1.49) | 3.51 | 0.061 | 1 |
Not scheduled with preferred provider | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Childcare issues | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 | 1 |