Family medicine
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A multitude of determinants have been identified as predictive of broken appointments. The majority of prior studies have been limited to univariate analysis of the relationship between predictors and appointment keeping behavior. The present report studied 25 independent predictors of no-show behavior using both univariate and multivariate analyses. ⋯ Multivariate analysis may yield a more accurate and clinically useful model of no-show behavior. For example, language barrier may be more of a problem than the race of the patient. Prospective studies might benefit from these considerations.