title: Compliance with consultations in a military psychiatry clinic.
abstract: The study was undertaken to determine the effect of increased information in the referral process on compliance in routine consultations to a military outpatient psychiatry clinic. To evaluate the potential beneficial effects of facilitating factors in a clinic with over 70% baseline compliance, the psychiatrist's name and information about the clinic was provided to one-half of all patients who presented with a routine consult during a 2-month period. There was no increase in compliance rates for patients who were given more than standard information. These results have impact on manpower and staffing issues for the military.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Koshes
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rothberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008890:Military Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States