Dear All,
Whiel examining patient in the outpatient clinic we often ask them to
come back for a follow-up visit. In fact most of the time the patient
asks," when do you want to see me back Doc?" and you make up an arbitary
number of 4-6 months and both parties feel very satisfied over this
imprecise estimate. I have often wondered what should be actual
duration of return visit. While it may be easy in the case of a patient
with infection, it is not clear to be about the frequecy of return
visit in other conditions. Fortunately in diabetes, 3-4 visits a year
to check the HbA1C ,etc. seems a valid option, similar in the case of a
badly controlled hypertension or CHF. I wonder what goes through a
physcian's mind when they ask a patient to come back for return visit. I
would appreciate if the members have any information on any scientific
work which deals with this mystery topic.
Cheers
--
Amit Ghosh, M.D.
Director of General Internal Medicine Firms.
Assistant Professor,
Department of General Internal Medicine
F-UMC
Box 741
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN55455
Phone: 612-624-8984
FAX: 612-624-3189
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