Jones, Susan L.; Jones, Paul K.; Katz, Janet - In: Social Science & Medicine 32 (1991) 10, pp. 1183-1189
We compared compliance behavior in acute (n = 670) and chronic (n = 172) patients visiting the Emergency Department (E.D.) of an acute care, private hospital; compliance was operationalized as scheduling or keeping a follow-up referral appointment originating in the Emergency Department. The...