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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2008-2009

Variable Details

Variablereduce9
LabelInterventions that hospitals could introduce to reduce the number of missed appointments
Question text Thinking of interventions that hospitals could introduce to reduce the number of missed appointments, which of the following would you find acceptable? Response 9
Responses
1 Displaying notices in waiting areas of the number of missed 0
2 Prevent booking a long time in advance 0
3 Raising the issue with the patient at the next attended appo 0
4 Send letters to those who miss appointments 0
5 Charging/fining patients for missed appointments 0
6 Threaten/removal from outpatient waiting list 0
7 Improved facilities for making & cancelling appointments 0
8 Providing patients with aide-memoires (e.g. reminder cards) 0
9 Other (please provide details) 15
98 Refusal 0
99 Don't Know 0
Sysmiss 4718
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2008-2009
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD 17 (MISSED APPOINTMENTS). CODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniversePrivate households in Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The sample is drawn as a simple random sample from three strata. The first of these strata is the Belfast District Council area. The other two are formed by dividing the remainder of the province into East and West along district council boundaries. Within each of these strata a simple random sample of addresses is drawn, with size proportional to the distribution of domestic addresses on the rating list.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.
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