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Predictors of appointment non-compliance in community mental health patients

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This study identified two variables, unemployment and alcohol or substance abuse related diagnoses, to be the only predictors of appointment non-compliance out of various demographic and clinical variables. The results also indicate that appointment non-compliance should be treated as a continuous rather than a dichotomous are discussed. variable in future research. Programmatic implications for reducing non-compliance

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  1. Program Evaluation with DuPage County Health Department/Mental Health Division, 111 North County Farm Road, 60187, Wheaton, Illinois

    Michael Dubinsky Ph.D. (Coordinator)

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Dubinsky, M. Predictors of appointment non-compliance in community mental health patients. Community Ment Health J 22, 142–146 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00754552

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