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. 2022 Nov 9;8:e1147. doi: 10.7717/peerj-cs.1147

Table 2. Description of the computed variables in the dataset.

Variable Description
Multi appointments More than one appointment on the same day
Age at appointment date Patient age at the appointment date
Lead time Days between booking and appointment dates
Days since last appointment Days between the last and upcoming appointments
Appointment day Day of the week that the appointment is booked in
Is weekend If the appointment is on the weekend
Month The month that the appointment was booked in
In holiday If the appointment is scheduled to be during a national holiday
In Ramadan If the appointment is in Ramadan
Temperature The temperature on the appointment day
Weather The weather on the appointment day
Hour The appointment time in hours
No-show All # Number of all no-shows
No-show All % Percentage of all no-shows of a particular patient
No-show10 # Number of no-shows based on the last ten appointments
No-show10 % Percentage of no-shows based on the last ten appointments
No-show Seq3 Binary sequence representation of last three appointments
No-show Seq5 Binary sequence representation of last five appointments
No-show Seq7 Binary sequence representation of last seven appointments
No-show Seq10 Binary sequence representation of last ten appointments