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Outpatient Quick Diagnosis Units for the evaluation of suspected severe diseases: an observational, descriptive study

open access: yesClinics, 2011
BACKGROUND: Hospitals in countries with public health systems have recently adopted organizational changes to improve efficiency and resource allocation, and reducing inappropriate hospitalizations has been established as an important goal.
Xavier Bosch   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differences in waiting times for elective admissions in NSW public hospitals: A decomposition analysis by non-clinical factors. CHERE Working Paper 2010/7 [PDF]

open access: yes
In the Australian public health system, access to elective surgery is rationed through provision of health care services, it is generally assumed that a patient?s waiting time and locations.
Elizabeth Savage   +4 more
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The health queuing game [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper studies agent-to-agent games in competition for a free public resource. The resource is not evidently scarce, scarcity may, however, be the equilibrium outcome.
Bremnes, Helge, Haugen, Kjetil K.
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Impact of dental National Partnership Agreements on public dental service waiting lists in Queensland

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2017
Objective: Analyse the Queensland Dental Public Service waiting list from 2013 to 2015 while various funding agreements between the federal and state and territory governments were in place.
Ratilal Lalloo, Jeroen Kroon
doaj   +1 more source

Area deprivation and attachment to a general practitioner through centralized waiting lists: a cross-sectional study in Quebec, Canada

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background Access to primary healthcare is an important social determinant of health and having a regular general practitioner (GP) has been shown to improve access. In Canada, socio-economically disadvantaged patients are more likely to be unattached (i.
Mélanie Ann Smithman   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social preferences measures and the quality of the job match for persons with disabilities. [PDF]

open access: yes
Waiting lists are the main mechanisms for rationing demand in national health systems. The usual way to organize patients in a waiting list is on a simple first come first serve basis.
Antonio Rodríguez Sampayo   +3 more
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RADIOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE SURGICAL WAITING LIST FOR THE TREATMENT OF SPINAL DEFORMITY

open access: yesColuna/Columna
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the implications of long waiting times on surgery lists for the treatment of patients with scoliosis. Methods: Radiographs of 87 patients with scoliosis who had been on the waiting list for surgery for ...
LEONARDO YUKIO JORGE ASANO   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic evaluation of the proposed surgical scheme at Auburn Hospital: Final report, CHERE Project Report No 19 [PDF]

open access: yes
Background Public hospitals have experienced budget constraints but as demand for admissions has been growing at the same time, occupancy levels have been increasing.
Christine Pollicino   +2 more
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Prioritization and waiting times for physiotherapy in private practice. A cross-sectional study

open access: yesFysioterapeuten, 2019
Purpose: Investigate characteristics of persons on the waiting lists for physiotherapy in private practice, how they are prioritized and how long they wait for physiotherapy. Design: Cross-sectional study.
Gro Askland Øyehaug   +3 more
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A Brief Comparison Between Available Bio-printing Methods

open access: yes, 2015
The scarcity of organs for transplant has led to large waiting lists of very sick patients. In drug development, the time required for human trials greatly increases the time to market.
Bakhshinejad, Ali, D'Souza, Roshan M
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