Shanghai Journal of Stomatology

Shanghai Journal of Stomatology ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (3): 331-334.

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Optimize visiting sequence and time-interval appointment of re-visiting patients in stomatology

JIN Wen-zhong1,LU Yao1,HU Yuan2,DU Qin1,ZHOU Yong-mei1,WU Zheng-yi1   

  1. 1.Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Shanghai 200011;
    2. Shanghai Third People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Shanghai 201999, China
  • Received:2014-11-03 Online:2015-06-20 Published:2015-07-24
  • Supported by:
    Innovation Research Training Project of Humanities and Social Sciences from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine(wz1214)

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Abstract: PURPOSE: To optimize visiting sequence and time-interval appointment mode to reduce waiting time of re-visiting patients in department of stomatology based on clinical data repository. METHODS: Waiting time data of re-visiting patients in department of stomatology was collected and divided into 2 groups. A total of 70897 patients from July 2014 to September 2014 were enrolled as experimental group (group year-2014), while 63960 patients from July 2013 to September 2013 were used as control group (group year-2013).Measurement data was compared with two-tailed independent-samples t test using SPSS 22.0 software package. RESULTS: The waiting time of group year-2014 was 73.65 minutes while it was 106 minutes for group year-2013. P value was 0,which meant the waiting time of group year-2014 was significantly less than group year-2013. CONCLUSIONS: Optimizing visiting sequence and time-interval appointment mode can reduce the waiting time of re-visiting patients in department of stomatology greatly.

Key words: Time-interval appointment, Optimize visiting sequence, Waiting time

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