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    Author(s)
    White, LJ
    Butler-Howell, KE
    Nadon-Hoysted, N
    Schulz, MC
    Kroon, J
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kroon, Jeroen
    Year published
    2020
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    Introduction: Failed patient attendance in a university dental clinic is detrimental to the student learning experience, the university as a business, and to members of the public awaiting urgent dental treatment. Purpose: This study aimed to identify the demographic, appointment characteristics, and time-related factors associated with patient attendance in a university dental clinic from 2015 to 2019. Methods: A 5-year retrospective analysis was conducted in 2020 on data extracted from the Griffith University Dental Clinic patient management system. Following data cleaning and categorization, the dataset was downloaded ...
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    Introduction: Failed patient attendance in a university dental clinic is detrimental to the student learning experience, the university as a business, and to members of the public awaiting urgent dental treatment. Purpose: This study aimed to identify the demographic, appointment characteristics, and time-related factors associated with patient attendance in a university dental clinic from 2015 to 2019. Methods: A 5-year retrospective analysis was conducted in 2020 on data extracted from the Griffith University Dental Clinic patient management system. Following data cleaning and categorization, the dataset was downloaded into SPSS for statistical analysis. Frequencies, odds ratio, and chi squared were used to determine the demographic and time-related factors of patients who had completed, cancelled, and failed to attend (FTA) appointments. Results: A total of 23.4% of appointments were cancelled, and 6.6% were FTA. Demographics associated with cancellations include females, adults aged 25 to 44, and private paying patients. FTA were higher in young adults aged 19 to 24, low to mid-range socioeconomic status (SES) and those eligible for publicly funded dental treatment. Mondays and Fridays experienced the greatest number of FTA and cancellations, respectively. Emergency appointments had the greatest attendance rates and endodontic procedures the lowest. Conclusion: The loss of clinical teaching hours, resources, and revenue necessitates the implementation of targeted strategies to minimize cancellations and FTA based on demographic and appointment characteristics that may render individual as high risk for failed attendance.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Dental Education
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.12514
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    © 2020 American Dental Education Association. Published by Wiley. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Impact of demographics and appointment characteristics on patient attendance in a university dental clinic, Journal of Dental Education, 2020, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.12514. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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    Subject
    Dentistry
    Curriculum and pedagogy
    appointments
    demographics
    patient non-attendance
    university health services
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/400677
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