Ethical aspects of waiting lists in neurosurgery [PDF]
Acta NeurochirurgicaPurpose Long waiting times for elective surgery have been a persistent problem in many countries since well before the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to describe the extent of waiting lists× for elective neurosurgery and discuss the potential ...
Naci Balak +13 more
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Digital Mental Health Interventions for Alleviating Depression and Anxiety During Psychotherapy Waiting Lists: Systematic Review [PDF]
JMIR Ment HealthBackground Depression and anxiety have become increasingly prevalent across the globe. The rising need for treatment and the lack of clinicians has resulted in prolonged waiting times for patients to receive their first session.
Si-Jia Huang +4 more
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Surgical waiting lists and queue management in a Brazilian tertiary public hospital [PDF]
BMC Health Serv ResCentralized management of queues helps to reduce the surgical waiting time in the publicly funded healthcare system, but this is not a reality in the Brazilian Unified Healthcare System (BUHS).
A. Pazin-Filho +10 more
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medRxiv, 2021 Background: A significant indirect impact of COVID-19 has been the increasing elective waiting times observed in many countries. In England's National Health Service, the waiting list has grown from 4.4 million in February 2020 to 5.7m by August 2021 ...
N. C. Howlett, R. Wood
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Educational technology for multidisciplinary training for managing waiting lists for elective patients [PDF]
Rev Bras EnfermObjectives: to construct and assess an educational technology for managing patient waiting lists for multidisciplinary training. Methods: study supported by Instructional Design - ADDIE model, whose stages of construction of educational technology were ...
Rosa Ladi Lisbôa +4 more
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Aortic stenosis post-COVID-19: a mathematical model on waiting lists and mortality
BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives To provide estimates for how different treatment pathways for the management of severe aortic stenosis (AS) may affect National Health Service (NHS) England waiting list duration and associated mortality.
Christian Philip Stickels +15 more
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Bed capacity and surgical waiting lists: a simulation analysis [PDF]
European Journal of Government and Economics, 2015 Waiting time for elective surgery is a key problem in the current medical world. This paper aims to reproduce, by a Monte Carlo simulation model, the relationship between hospital capacity, inpatient activity, and surgery waiting list size in teaching ...
Manel Antelo +2 more
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Waiting lists in health care: multiple perspectives [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde PúblicaEverton Nunes da Silva
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The orthopaedic waiting list crisis: two sides of the story
Bone & Joint Open, 2021 Aims: Due to widespread cancellations in elective orthopaedic procedures, the number of patients on waiting list for surgery is rising. We aim to determine and quantify if disparities exist between inpatient and day-case orthopaedic waiting list numbers;
Matthew Hampton +4 more
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Telehealth to support referral management in a universal health system: a before-and-after study
BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background Management of patient flow within a healthcare network, allowing equitable and qualified access to healthcare, is a major challenge for universal health systems.
Sabrina Dalbosco Gadenz +12 more
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