Showing up for no-shows: Why transportation equity matters.

IF 2 4区医学 Q2 PEDIATRICS

Paediatrics & child health Pub Date : 2025-07-23 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI:10.1093/pch/pxaf068

Anne Hicks, Laleh Behjat, Merkebe Getachew Demissie

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Abstract

Paediatric care is intrinsically rewarding. Preventing and mitigating disease while supporting patients and families means a better life for everyone. However, every paediatrician faces the frustration of appointment nonattendance and, especially tough, the dilemma of serial no-attendance-do we discharge the patient or impact our overflowing waitlist? Inequitable transportation compounds sociodemographic barriers to healthcare access. This article explores how 'transportation deserts', impact patients and what paediatricians can do to improve equitable access while decreasing 'no-shows.'

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为不来的人现身：为什么交通公平很重要。

儿科护理本质上是有益的。预防和减轻疾病，同时支持患者和家属，意味着每个人都能过上更美好的生活。然而，每个儿科医生都面临着预约不出诊的挫折，尤其是连续不出诊的困境——我们是让病人出院，还是影响我们满溢的等待名单？交通不公平加剧了获得医疗保健的社会人口障碍。这篇文章探讨了“交通沙漠”如何影响患者，以及儿科医生可以做些什么来改善公平获取，同时减少“不来就诊”。

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来源期刊

Paediatrics & child health 医学-小儿科

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

5.30%

发文量

208

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Paediatrics & Child Health (PCH) is the official journal of the Canadian Paediatric Society, and the only peer-reviewed paediatric journal in Canada. Its mission is to advocate for the health and well-being of all Canadian children and youth and to educate child and youth health professionals across the country. PCH reaches 8,000 paediatricians, family physicians and other child and youth health professionals, as well as ministers and officials in various levels of government who are involved with child and youth health policy in Canada.