Capsule Commentary of Shah et al., Targeted Reminder Phone Calls to Patients at High Risk to No-Show for Primary Care Appointment: A Randomized Trial

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Comment

Hyo Jung Tak. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;31(12):1504.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3835-7.

¹ Department of Health Services Research and Administration, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA. hyojung.tak@unmc.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that she does not have a conflict of interest.

Targeted Reminder Phone Calls to Patients at High Risk of No-Show for Primary Care Appointment: A Randomized Trial.
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