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The shadows of waiting and care: on discourses of waiting in the history of the British National Health Service. [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesWellcome Open Research, 2023
Waiting is at the centre of experiences and practices of healthcare. However, we know very little about the relationship between the subjective experiences of patients who wait in and for care, health practitioners who ‘prescribe’ and manage waiting, and
Martin D. Moore   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on the size of US transplant waiting lists

open access: yesClinical Transplantation, 2022
More patients are waitlisted for solid organs than transplants are performed each year. The COVID‐19 pandemic immediately increased waitlist mortality and decreased transplants and listings.
Jonathan M. Miller   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Waiting lists, waiting times and admissions: an empirical analysis at hospital and general practice level [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +12 more
core   +1 more source

What can we learn from the experiences and expectations of patients on growing waiting lists for planned care in the COVID-19 pandemic?

open access: yesBone & Joint Open, 2021
Aims COVID-19 has compounded a growing waiting list problem, with over 4.5 million patients now waiting for planned elective care in the UK. Views of patients on waiting lists are rarely considered in prioritization. Our primary aim was to understand how
K. Kulkarni   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prioritization criteria of patients on scheduled waiting lists for abdominal wall hernia surgery: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesHernia, 2021
Long delays in waiting lists have a negative impact on the principles of equity and providing timely access to care. This study aimed to assess waiting lists for abdominal wall hernia repair (incisional ventral vs.
M. López-Cano   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Waiting Lists and Nursing

open access: yesNursing 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
openaire   +3 more sources

Long term evaluation of operating theater planning policies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper addresses Operating Room (OR) planning policies in elective surgery. In particular, we investigate long-term policies for determining the Master Surgical Schedule (MSS) throughout the year, analyzing the tradeoff between organizational ...
Meloni C.   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Outcomes in Specialist Rehabilitation Medicine and their impact of waiting times

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Acquired brain injury (ABI) is defined as any sudden damage to the brain occurring during a person’s lifetime and not as a consequence of birth trauma. Between stroke and traumatic brain injury alone, it is estimated that between 17,000 and 19,000 people
Caitríona Begley
doaj   +1 more source

How the design and implementation of centralized waiting lists influence their use and effect on access to healthcare - A realist review.

open access: yesHealth Policy, 2020
CONTEXT Many health systems have centralized waiting lists (CWLs), but there is limited evidence on CWL effectiveness and how to design and implement them.
M. Breton   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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