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When should this patient be seen again?

M K Chapko1, E S Fisher, H G Welch

  • 1VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.

Effective Clinical Practice : ECP
|May 27, 1999
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Altering patient revisit intervals impacts healthcare costs and patient outcomes. This study explores methods to adjust appointment schedules while maintaining provider judgment for optimal care delivery.

Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Clinical Operations
  • Healthcare Management

Background:

  • Determining patient return visit intervals is crucial in longitudinal outpatient care.
  • Appointment scheduling significantly influences provider workload, healthcare expenses, and patient health outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of modifying revisit intervals on patient health status and healthcare costs.
  • To explore strategies for adjusting average revisit intervals without compromising individualized provider assessments.

Main Methods:

  • Randomly assigning patients to shorter or longer revisit intervals within provider-selected categories (near-term, intermediate-term, long-term).
  • Considering alternative approaches like immediate appointment scheduling versus patient-initiated callbacks or randomizing provider clinic session numbers.

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Main Results:

  • The study proposes methods to systematically alter revisit intervals.
  • Potential challenges include the difficulty of blinding providers to randomization, which could influence their decisions.

Conclusions:

  • Adjusting revisit intervals is feasible but requires careful consideration of provider influence and potential biases.
  • Alternative randomization strategies may offer more robust comparisons of different scheduling approaches.