Effect of a Referral-Only Policy on Wait Time for Outpatient Pediatric Dermatology Appointments.
Decreasing wait time for pediatric dermatology appointments is important to patients. We retrospectively examined the effect of a referral-only policy on patient wait time for an initial appointment in an academic pediatric dermatology clinic and found a statistically significant decrease in wait time after the policy was instituted.
Division of Dermatology, Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri.
Tiffany J
TJ
Herd
Division of Dermatology, Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri.
Amy J
AJ
Nopper
Division of Dermatology, Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri.
Kimberly A
KA
Horii
D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D002648:Child; D003880:Dermatology; D006801:Humans; D010045:Outpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014850:Waiting Lists