Certain surgical specialties in pediatric hospitals are more susceptible to day-of-surgery cancellations, suggesting a need for targeted strategies to reduce patient-initiated cancellations.
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May inform scheduling in high-cancellation specialties; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions in prospective studies.
There was also evidence that some specialties were more susceptible to DOS cancellation than others. The paper ends with proposals to reduce patient-initiated cancellations and directions for future research.
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