Missingness’ in health care : associations between hospital utilization and missed appointments in general practice. A retrospective cohort study.

Funding: AEW DAE AMcC and PW received funding for this research from a Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office research grant (CZH/4/41118) https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/ with Safe Haven and data linkage costs supported in lieu by the DSLS at Scottish Government. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Acknowledgments Thank you to all the GP practices who participated in this study and for strategic support from Ellen Lynch (Health and Social Care Analytical Services, Scottish Government). The general practice data expertise of Dave Kelly (Albasoft) was invaluable. Thanks also to the eDRIS team who facilitated the safe use of our data in the Safehaven, especially Dionysis Vragkos.Peer reviewedPublisher PD