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Reasons referred by individuals who were not on kidney transplantation waiting lists [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2022
Objective: To describe the reasons reported by individuals in hemodialysis that were not registered on kidney transplantation waiting lists. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted in six renal replacement therapy services in Rio Grande do Sul ...
Juliana Dall’Agnol   +5 more
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‘You’re on the waiting list’: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of young adults’ experiences of waiting lists within mental health services in the UK

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Waiting lists in mental health services are currently considered too long. Lengthy waits of up to 18 weeks are commonly reported in the UK. Waiting lists have long been associated with a variety of negative psychological responses, however there is ...
Georgia Punton   +2 more
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The orthopaedic waiting list crisis: two sides of the story

open access: yesBone & 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
doaj   +1 more source

The true cost of hidden waiting times for cataract surgery in Australia

open access: yesPublic Health Research & Practice, 2022
Cataract surgery is a safe, effective and common elective procedure in Australia but access is inequitable. True waiting times for cataract care are undisclosed or inconsistently reported by governments. Estimates of true waiting times range from 4 to 30
Jessie Huang-Lung   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A novel multi-criteria decision-making approach for prioritization of elective surgeries through formulation of “weighted MeNTS scoring system”

open access: yesHeliyon, 2022
Background: Publicly funded healthcare system has long non-manageable elective surgery waiting lists due to the non-existence of systematic mathematical modelling that can assess the relative priority of patients on elective surgery waiting lists thus ...
Hassan Sikandar Rana   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Telehealth to support referral management in a universal health system: a before-and-after study

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Sex disparity in dialysis and kidney transplantation over 20 years in Korea [PDF]

open access: yesKidney 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
doaj   +1 more source

Medical wait lists [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian 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
openaire   +2 more sources

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