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

Heliyon, 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, Muhammad Umer, Uzma Hassan, Umer Asgher   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improved access to and continuity of primary care after attachment to a family physician: longitudinal cohort study on centralized waiting lists for unattached patients in Quebec, Canada

BMC Primary Care, 2022
Background Having a regular family physician is associated with many benefits. Formal attachment – an administrative patient-family physician agreement – is a popular feature in primary care, intended to improve access to and continuity of care with a ...
M. Smithman, J. Haggerty, I. Gaboury, M. Breton   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Waiting lists and prioritization of children for services: Speech-language pathologists' perspectives.

Journal of Communication Disorders, 2021
BACKGROUND Waiting lists occur when the availability of speech-language pathology services does not meet the demand. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) commonly manage waiting lists and their consequences using prioritization.
N. McGill, S. Mcleod, Kathryn Crowe, Cen Wang, Suzanne C. Hopf   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, Jong Cheol Jeong, Yun Yung Cho, Curie Ahn, Yeong Hoon Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Reusable Discrete Event Simulation Model for Improving Orthopedic Waiting Lists

Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications, 2022
Waiting lists for orthopedic treatment in Australia are lengthy and frequently breach time-based performance targets, due to high demand and limited resources.
L. Boyle, M. Mackay
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Medical wait lists [PDF]

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
openaire   +2 more sources

Understanding Waiting Lists Pressures

medRxiv, 2022
NHS waiting lists currently sit at record lengths due to a combination of the immediate impact of the pandemic and, as well as, long-run pressures requiring investment on NHS resources.
K. Fong, Y. Mushtaq, T. House, D. Gordon, Y. Chen, D. Griffiths, Sahar Ahmad, N. Walton   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on urology surgical waiting lists and waiting lists prioritization strategies in the post-COVID-19 era

Actas Urologicas Espan~olas, 2021
Introduction The suspension of most elective surgeries during COVID-19 pandemic caused the lengthening of urology surgical waiting lists. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on urology surgical waiting list in a ...
E. García-Rojo, C. Manfredi, R. Santos-Pérez-de-la-Blanca, Á. Tejido-Sánchez, B. García-Gómez, M. Aliaga-Benítez, J. Romero-Otero, A. Rodríguez-Antolín   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Waiting Game – How Cooperation Between Public and Private Hospitals Can Help Reduce Waiting Lists

Health Care Management Science, 2021
Prolonged waiting to access health care is a primary concern for nations aiming for comprehensive effective care, due to its adverse effects on mortality, quality of life, and government approval.
Jorge A. Acuna, J. Zayas-Castro, F. Feijoo, S. Sankaranarayanan, Rodrigo Martinez, Diego A. Martínez   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, Torhild Heggestad, Ole Frithjof Norheim   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source