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Consecutive Missed Visits in SQL
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Consecutive Missed Visits in SQL

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to identify patients who have missed two consecutive clinical visits based on this event log table.

Use only rows representing clinical visits. Consecutive means adjacent scheduled clinical visits for the same patient when ordered chronologically.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying patient, with patient_id, first_missed_visit_date, and second_missed_visit_date.
  2. Return the earliest qualifying pair for each patient, ordered by patient_id.

Schema

event_log
ColumnTypeDescription
event_idPKINTUnique event identifier
patient_idINTPatient associated with the event
event_typeVARCHAR(50)Type of recorded event
visit_dateDATEScheduled date of the clinical visit
visit_statusVARCHAR(30)Outcome status of the visit
Tablesevent_log
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