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Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2006 A recent CMAJ editorial argued that the development of wait-time benchmarks by the Canadian Wait Time Alliance might have been less useful than it seems.[1][1] Although it would be foolhardy to argue with the assertion that there is a lot more to the health-reform story, there are many valid ...
Blair J, O'Neill, Chris S, Simpson
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Sex disparity in dialysis and kidney transplantation over 20 years in Korea [PDF]
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2023 Background Sex disparity is prevalent in organ transplantations worldwide. This study aimed to understand sex disparities in dialysis and kidney transplantation in Korea over the last 20 years.
Miyeun Han +4 more
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Norwegian Priority Setting in Practice – an Analysis of Waiting Time Patterns Across Medical Disciplines [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2016 Background: Different strategies for addressing the challenge of prioritizing elective patients efficiently and fairly have been introduced in Norway.
Jurgita Januleviciute Gangstøe +2 more
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Wellcome Open Research, 2023 Waiting is at the centre of experiences and practices of healthcare. However, we know very little about the relationship between the subjective experiences of patients who wait in and for care, health practitioners who ‘prescribe’ and manage waiting, and
Martin D. Moore +2 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 IntroductionCOVID-19 impacted healthcare systems worldwide, and elective surgical activity was brought to a minimum. Although children were not primarily affected by the disease, pediatric urology was halted by clinical closedown and staff allocation. We
Nikolai Juul +14 more
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Family Physicians Attaching New Patients From Centralized Waiting Lists: A Cross-Sectional Study
Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2018 Purpose: In response to more than 15% of Canadians not having a family physician, 7 provinces have implemented centralized waiting lists for unattached patients.
Mylaine Breton +8 more
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Evidence on Mortality in Liver Transplantation Candidates: Integrative Literature Review
Brazilian Journal of Transplantation, 2022 The objective of this paper was to analyze the evidence available in the literature about mortality and its risk factors in liver transplantation candidates.
Stephani Emanuelly Marinho Moreno +4 more
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Outcomes in Specialist Rehabilitation Medicine and their impact of waiting times
International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019 Acquired brain injury (ABI) is defined as any sudden damage to the brain occurring during a person’s lifetime and not as a consequence of birth trauma. Between stroke and traumatic brain injury alone, it is estimated that between 17,000 and 19,000 people
Caitríona Begley
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Actions of a regulatory nurse in the management of surgical waiting lists
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021 Objectives: to describe the actions of the regulatory nurse in the management of waiting lines for elective surgeries in a public hospital. Methods: this is an experience report about the actions of the regulatory nurse in the management of waiting ...
Rosa Ladi Lisbôa +3 more
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Space, place and (waiting) time: reflections on health policy and politics [PDF]
, 2018 Health systems have repeatedly addressed concerns about efficiency and equity by employing trans-national comparisons to draw out the strengths and weaknesses of specific policy initiatives.
Sheard, Sally
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