Objective: To identify and analyze the production of knowledge in national and international literature on patient absenteeism in scheduled medical consultations.
Method: This is an integrative literature review in the databases PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, Medline, LILACS, Virtual Health Library of the São Paulo State Department of Health and Spanish Bibliographic Index in Health Sciences, accessed through the Virtual Health Library Portal, based on the guiding question.
Results: A total of 767 articles was found and nine were selected.