RightHealth Daily Dose » birthday http://dailydose.righthealth.com We feature the one health item you simply cannot afford to miss. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Holidays Remind Patients To Keep Their Appointments http://dailydose.righthealth.com/drug-related/holidays-remind-patients-to-keep-their-appointments/ http://dailydose.righthealth.com/drug-related/holidays-remind-patients-to-keep-their-appointments/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:02:37 +0000 Steven http://dailydose.kosmix.com/?p=1017 Is it new year resolutions time again? Researchers from Norway report that patients who were scheduled for colonoscopies around the December-January holiday season were one and a half times more likely to keep their appointments. Similarly, patients who were given medical appointments in the weeks immediately subsequent to their birthdays had higher attendance rates. The researchers believe that reminders of aging triggered by annual milestones may be the underlying mechanism for the increased compliance. This certainly sounds logical. Screening programs – and physicians at large – should keep this in mind as a cost-effective way of improving patient compliance.

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