ArticleJournal of pediatrics. Clinical practice2026
Factors Affecting Medical Appointment Adherence among Adolescents and Young Adults with Kidney Disease: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
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Objective: To identify patient-, health-, and visit-level factors associated with medical appointment adherence among adolescents and young adults (AYA) with pediatric-onset chronic kidney conditions and to assess whether multiple prescheduled appointments on the same day ("bundling") and preceding disease severity influence attendance and disparities. Study design: This retrospective longitudinal cohort study used electronic medical record data from a single academic children's hospital (2005-2015). AYA (n = 353) with chronic kidney disease or systemic illnesses affecting the kidney had 37 371 scheduled outpatient appointments. The outcome was medical appointment adherence (completed, cancelled, or no-show). Covariates included demographics (eg, age, sex, race/ethnicity, insurance), disease characteristics (eg, recent estimated glomerular filtration rate, transplant status), and appointment features (eg, time since last visit, clinic type, weather). Multinomial logit models with patient-level clustering were estimated, stratified by disease severity and by single vs multiple appointments per day. Results: No-show rates were greater among African American patients and those with Medicaid or self-pay insurance. Older age was also associated with lower adherence. On days with multiple scheduled appointments, overall attendance improved and insurance-related disparities were attenuated; among patients receiving Medicaid, no-show differences observed on single-appointment days were reduced on bundled days. Findings were directionally consistent across disease-severity strata. Conclusions: Having ≥2 scheduled appointments on the same day is associated with improved attendance and reduced disparities in AYA with chronic kidney conditions. Health-system strategies that facilitate appointment bundling (eg, co-locating services and coordinated scheduling) could be a pragmatic quality-improvement target to improve equity and continuity of care.
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