Format/length: | see DATE |
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Notes:
For appointments for a FIRST ATTENDANCE with a CONSULTANT; if a PATIENT indicates that he/she is unable to take up a reasonable telephone or written offer of an appointment, the refusal should be counted as a self-deferral, and the waiting time calculation is counted from the first offered appointment date.
For a verbal offer to be deemed reasonable, the patient is to be offered a minimum of two appointments on different days, with at least three weeks notice before the first offered appointment.
For a written offer to be deemed reasonable, the patient is to be offered an appointment date with a minimum of three weeks notice.
This data element is also known by these names:
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plural | APPOINTMENT DATES |