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Missed GP appointments
Missed GP appointments linked to higher risk of death
BMJ 2019; 364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l485 (Published 05 February 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;364:l485- Philip Wilson, professor of primary care and rural health1,
- Ross McQueenie, research associate2,
- David Ellis, lecturer in computational social science3,
- Andrea Williamson, clinical senior university lecturer, undergraduate medical school, general practice and primary care2
- 1Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen, Inverness IV2 3JH, UK
- 2General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- 3Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
- p.wilson{at}abdn.ac.uk
Iacobucci points out that missed GP appointments have been the subject of intense political interest, much of it misleading and designed to blame “feckless” patients.1 In a recent article in BMC Medicine, we described an extremely strong association between repeatedly …
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