Causes of Patient Nonattendance at Medical Appointments: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Daria Schwalbe   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Morten Sodemann   ^{3, 4 *} , PhD, Prof Dr ;   Maria Iachina   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Bente Mertz Nørgård   ^{5, 6} , MD, DMS, PhD, Prof Dr ;   Nina Høy Chodkiewicz   ¹ , BA ;   Jette Ammentorp   ¹ , MSc, PhD

¹ Centre for Patient Communication (CFPK), Department of Clinical Research, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

² Centre for Culture and the Mind (DNRF Centre of Excellence), Department of English, German and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

³ The Migrant Health Outpatient Clinic, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

⁴ Research Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

⁵ Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

⁶ Research Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

*these authors contributed equally