Predictive Factors for Patients' Failure to Show for Initial Outpatient Physical Therapist Evaluation.

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine primary factors that may predict patients' failure to show at initial physical therapist evaluation in an orthopedic and sports outpatient setting.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients' demographic data for physical therapist evaluations between January 2013 and April 2015 was performed. A binary logistic regression model was used to evaluate the odds of a no-show at evaluation.