Appointments and Schedules

"Appointments and Schedules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The different methods of scheduling patient visits, appointment systems, individual or group appointments, waiting times, waiting lists for hospitals, walk-in clinics, etc.

Descriptor ID	D001071
MeSH Number(s)	N04.452.095
Concept/Terms	Appointments and Schedules Appointments and Schedules Schedules and Appointments Schedules Schedules Schedule Schedules, Patient Schedules, Patient Patient Schedules Patient Schedule Schedule, Patient Appointments Appointments Appointment Patient Appointments Patient Appointments Appointment, Patient Appointments, Patient Patient Appointment

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Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Appointments and Schedules [N04.452.095]

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Appointments and Schedules
Waiting Lists

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Bar chart showing 56 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2008	2	1	3
2009	3	2	5
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	1	2
2012	2	1	3
2013	2	3	5
2014	0	2	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	2	1	3
2017	1	1	2
2018	0	1	1
2019	2	1	3
2020	3	5	8
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	2	3
2025	0	2	2

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White M, Israilevich R, Lam S, McCarthy M, Mico V, Chipkin B, Abrams E, Moore K, Kastenberg D. Timely Completion of Direct Access Colonoscopy Is Noninferior to Office Scheduled for Screening and Surveillance. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2025 03 01; 59(3):219-226.

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Hark LA, Gorroochurn P, Pizzi LT, Jutkowitz E, Goulak AM, Maruri SC, Harizman N, Horowitz JD, Park L, Wang Q, Diamond DF, Valenzuela IA, Torres DR, Wang Y, Sharma T, Liebmann JM, Cioffi GA. Patient Navigators Improve In-Office Eye Exam Adherence After Community Eye Screenings in a Randomized Clinical Trial: NYC-SIGHT Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2025 06; 274:54-66.

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Ojalvo I, Mehran N, Sharpe J, Zhang Q, Myers JS, Razeghinejad R, Lee D, Kolomeyer NN. Weather Patterns, Patient, and Appointment Characteristics Associated with Cancellations and No-Shows in a Glaucoma Clinic. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2025 10; 32(5):543-552.

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Cox AL, Tsang D, Spacek LA, Daskalakis C, Coppock D. The Impact of Telemedicine on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Related Clinical Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jul; 28(7):2438-2443.

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Spence BS, Lambrechts MJ, Si Z, Leary EV, Gupta SK. Telehealth Visits have Lower Non-attendance than Traditional Orthopaedic Clinic Visits. Mo Med. 2024 Mar-Apr; 121(2):164-169.

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Lee KE, Sussberg JA, Nelson LB, Thuma TBT. The Medicaid Dilemma and Its Profound Effect on the Economic and Workforce Issues in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Ultimately on Access to Pediatric Eye Care. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2023 May; 60(3):170-177.

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Vinekar K, Jarlenski M, Meyn L, Chen BA, Achilles SL, Tyberg S, Borrero S. Early pregnancy confirmation availability at crisis pregnancy centers and abortion facilities in the United States. Contraception. 2023 01; 117:30-35.

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Siegel N, Lambrechts MJ, Issa TZ, Karamian BA, Wang J, Carter M, Lieb Z, Zaworski C, Dambly J, Canseco JA, Woods B, Kaye D, Rihn J, Kurd M, Hilibrand AS, Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD. Impact of Heart Disease History on Safety of Telemedicine Cardiac Clearance Appointments. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2022 Dec 01; 30(23):1131-1139.

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Bressman E, Werner RM, Childs C, Albrecht A, Myers JS, Adusumalli S. Association of Telemedicine with Primary Care Appointment Access After Hospital Discharge. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 08; 37(11):2879-2881.

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Leiby BE, Hegarty SE, Zhan T, Myers JS, Katz LJ, Haller JA, Waisbourd M, Burns C, Divers M, Molineaux J, Henderer J, Brodowski C, Hark LA. A Randomized Trial to Improve Adherence to Follow-up Eye Examinations Among People With Glaucoma. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 05 20; 18:E52.

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