Waiting list statistics. I: Relation between admissions from waiting list and length of waiting list. [PDF]
BMJ, 1987 The relation between changes in inpatient workload, measured as increases or decreases in the number of inpatients admitted from the waiting list, and the overall length of the waiting list was studied. Overall trends in admissions from the waiting list, the influence of seasonal patterns, and the impact of industrial action on admissions were also ...
M J, Goldacre, A, Lee, B, Don
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Responsiveness of emergency obstetric care systems in low- and middle-income countries: a critical review of the "third delay". [PDF]
, 2012 We reviewed the evidence on the duration, causes and effects of delays in providing emergency obstetric care to women attending health facilities (the third delay) in low- and middle-income countries. We performed a critical literature review using terms
Cavallaro, Francesca L +1 more
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The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists or waiting times matter? CHERE Working Paper 2010/8 [PDF]
Besley, Hall, and Preston (1999) estimated a model of the demand for private health insurance in Britain as a function of regional waiting lists and found that increases in the number of people waiting for more than 12 months (the long-term waiting list)
Elizabeth Savage +4 more
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Waiting lists, waiting times and admissions: an empirical analysis at hospital and general practice level [PDF]
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 on ...
Frank Windmeijer +2 more
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Preventing treatment delays for benign gynaecological conditions
Case Reports in Women's Health, 2022 Dudley Robinson
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Implementing Centralized Waiting Lists for Patients without a Family Physician in Québec
Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé, 2014 In 2008, the Québec government mandated the ninety-four Centres de Santé et des Services Sociaux (CSSS or Centres for Health and Social Services) to implement a Guichet d’Accès aux Clientèles Orphelines (GACO)—a centralized waiting list to help patients
Mylaine Breton +2 more
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Waiting Times and Cost Sharing for a Public Health Care Service with a Private Alternative: A Multi-agent Approach [PDF]
Cost sharing represent a well-established tool for the control of health care demand in many Oecd countries, even though it is used with caution, and in combination with other instruments, in order to avoid potential negative impacts on access to ...
Dino Rizzi, Vincenzo Rebba
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USING A POINT SYSTEM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WAITING LISTS: THE CASE OF CATARACTS [PDF]
The objective of this study is to explore the possibility of applying a point system as a guide to the management of waiting lists in National Health Systems.
Carmen Herrero Blanco +2 more
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Waiting for Their Chance: A Closer Look at Wait Lists in Urban Public Charter Schools [PDF]
, 2015 Public charter schools are finally giving parents an alternative to the low-performing school systems in the nation's biggest cities. Unfortunately, in communities with few high-quality public school options, the demand for charter schools is ...
Nora Kern, Susan Pendergrass
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Hospital specialists' private practice and its impact on the number of NHS patients treated and on the delay for elective surgery. [PDF]
This paper analyses UK NHS waiting times and waiting lists for elective surgery looking at the hospital specialists' behaviour and the conflict of interest these may face when allowed to practice privately.
Ana Xavier, Antonia Morga
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