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Fact or fiction : the problem of bias in Government Statistical Service estimates of patient waiting times. [PDF]
The cumulative likelihood of admission estimated for any given 'time-since-enrolment' depends on how we define membership of the population 'at-risk' and on how we handle right and left censored waiting times.
Armstrong, Paul Walter
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Waiting lists: waiting for the evidence! [PDF]
Australian Health Review, 2008 On 26 February 2008, Victorian State Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu described as a ?blow out? the increase in average elective surgery waiting times from 202 days in September 2007 to 235 days in February 2008. Likewise, the Australian Medical Association is concerned that 800 000 Australians will leave private health insurance now that the federal ...
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Waiting Lists for Radiation Therapy: A Case Study
BMC Health Services Research, 2001 Background Why waiting lists arise and how to address them remains unclear, and an improved understanding of these waiting list "dynamics" could lead to better management.
Singer Peter A +4 more
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Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology, 2017 This article sheds light on the experiences of people waiting for a liver transplant. I argue that waiting lists serve as a technological tool to deal with the uncertainties inherent in medicine, but like Hercules fi ghting Hydra, one tamed uncertainty ...
Julia Rehsmann
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A systematized approach for reduction of medical appointment waiting list
Production, 2022 Paper aims This work aims to develop a systematized approach for the reduction of medical appointment waiting lists, proposing an optimization decision-making model followed by continuous people engagement towards a systematic approach for waiting list ...
Bruno S. Gonçalves +3 more
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ECONOMIC AND CLINICAL IMPACT OF LONG WAITING LISTS FOR SCOLIOSIS SURGERY [PDF]
Coluna/ColumnaObjectives: To evaluate the implications of waiting lists for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) surgery in the Unified Health System (SUS), from the perspective of managers and physicians, and to propose cost-effective solutions.
Juliana Barbosa Goulardins +5 more
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"Drop in" gastroscopy outpatient clinic - experience after 9 months
BMC Gastroenterology, 2012 Background Logistics handling referrals for gastroscopy may be more time consuming than the examination itself. For the patient, "drop in" gastroscopy may reduce uncertainty, inadequate therapy and time off work.
Huppertz-Hauss Gert +6 more
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Neurology and Therapy, 2020 Introduction The parent study was a survey in 28 headache centers (6 countries) which identified five potential root causes for long waiting lists that limit patient access to specialist care.
Siriporn Wongsiriroj +7 more
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Just Waiting: The Ethics of Queues and Waiting Lists
Political PhilosophyQueues are pervasive in our world, determining our entitlement or order of access to goods ranging from hospital appointments and organ transplants to concert tickets and supermarket tills.
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An investigation into the waiting list experience – exploring parents views of children referred to a child and adolescent mental health service [PDF]
, 2007 A thesis submitted to The University of Wolverhampton for the Practitioner Award: D.Couns.Psych. Doctorate: Counselling PsychologyAims: The purpose of the qualitative study was to gain insight into the way parents experience and manage the waiting ...
Woodhouse, Wendy
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