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Ethical aspects of waiting lists in neurosurgery [PDF]

Acta Neurochirurgica
Purpose 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, Marike Broekman, Nicolás Samprón, Eleni Tsianaka, Ulrika Sandvik, Ciaran Bolger, Jehuda Soleman, Massimiliano Visocchi, Kayode Mike Agboola, Nikolaos Syrmos, Petar Vulekovic, Tiit Mathiesen, Mario Ganau, EANS Ethico-Legal Committee   +13 more
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Process modelling of NHS cardiovascular waiting lists in response to the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective To model the referral, diagnostic and treatment pathway for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the English National Health Service (NHS) to provide commissioners and managers with a methodology to optimise patient flow and reduce waiting lists ...
Chris Gale, Gianni Angelini, Ramesh Nadarajah, Rebecca Hoyle, Ben Gibbison, Katherine Cheema, Salvador Catsis, Alan R Champneys, Christine Currie, Jessica Enright, Mike Woodall   +10 more
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Waiting Lists for Psychotherapy and Provider Attitudes Toward Low-Intensity Treatments as Potential Interventions: Survey Study [PDF]

JMIR Formative Research, 2022
BackgroundCommon mental disorders, including depression and anxiety, are leading causes of disability worldwide. Digital mental health interventions, such as web-based self-help and other low-intensity treatments (LITs) that are ...
Allison Peipert, Anne C Krendl, Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces   +2 more
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Waiting lists in health care: multiple perspectives [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Everton Nunes da Silva
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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, Francisco Reyes Santias, Adela Martinez Calvo   +2 more
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Waiting lists, waiting times and admissions: an empirical analysis at hospital and general practice level [PDF]

, 2004
We report an empirical analysis of the responses of the supply and demand for secondary care to waiting list size and waiting times. Whereas previous empirical analyses have used data aggregated to area level, our analysis is novel in that it focuses ...
Frank Windmeijer, Windmeijer, Frank, Windmeijer, F, Hoonhout, Pierre, Hugh S Gravelle, Gravell, Hugh, Gravelle, H, Hugh Gravelle, Hoonhout, P., Pierre Hoonhout, Gravelle, H., Windmeijer, F., Hoonhout, P   +12 more
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How the First Year of COVID-19 Affected Elective Pediatric Urology Patients: A Longitudinal Study Based on Waiting Lists and Surveys From 10 European Centers

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, Aurélie Cazals, Aybike Hofmann, Virginia Amesty, Gilvydas Verkauskas, Barbara Dobrowolska-Glazar, Gundela Holmdahl, Gundela Holmdahl, Maria Escolino, Jacques Birraux, Tamas Kovacs, Nicolas Kalfa, Nicolas Kalfa, Magdalena Fossum, Magdalena Fossum   +14 more
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Waiting Lists and Nursing

Nursing Leadership, 2005
The recent editorial, “Waiting Lists? What Waiting Lists? Not Nursing’s Problem” (Pringle 2005), challenges nurses to “step up to the plate” with a pithy and solid analysis of the waiting list issue from a nursing perspective and with recommendations for ameliorating it.
Joann M, Trypuc, Alan R, Hudson
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Waiting Lists and Patient Selection [PDF]

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2005
We develop a positive model of waiting lists for public hospitals when physicians are able to divert patients from the public to the private sector. Public treatment is free but rationed, i.e., only cases meeting some medical criteria are admitted. Private treatment has no waiting time but entails payment of a fee.
Pedro Pita Barros, Pau Olivella
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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, Mélanie Ann Smithman, Nassera Touati, Antoine Boivin, Christine Loignon, Carl-Ardy Dubois, Kareen Nour, Catherine Lamoureux-Lamarche, Astrid Brousselle   +8 more
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