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Why We Don’t Come: Patient Perceptions on No-Shows

Naomi L. Lacy, Audrey Paulman, Matthew D. Reuter and Bruce Lovejoy
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2004, 2 (6) 541-545; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.123
Naomi L. Lacy
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vol. 2 no. 6 541-545
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.123
PubMed 
15576538

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 31, 2002
  • Revision received December 19, 2003
  • Accepted for publication January 12, 2004
  • Published online December 2, 2004.

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  1. Naomi L. Lacy, PhD1,
  2. Audrey Paulman, MD, MMM1,
  3. Matthew D. Reuter, BA2 and
  4. Bruce Lovejoy, MSN, APRN, FNP-C3
  1. 1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine, Omaha, Neb
  2. 2University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Medicine, Omaha, Neb
  3. 3University Medical Associates Family Practice Clinic at Baker Place, Omaha, Neb
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Naomi L. Lacy, PhD, UNMC Department of Family Medicine, 983075 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3075, nlacy{at}unmc.edu
  1. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine annual spring conference 2002, April 27 - May 1, 2002, San Francisco, Calif.

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