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Controlling excessive waiting times in emergency departments: an extension of the ISA algorithm. [PDF]
In an emergency department (ED), the demand for service is not constant over time. This cannot be accounted for by means of waiting lists or appointment systems, so capacity decisions are the most important tool to influence patient waiting times ...
Defraeye, Mieke +1 more
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Eliminating Language Barriers for LEP Individuals: Promising Practices from the Public Sector [PDF]
, 2010 While the focus of this report is on eliminating language barriers for limited English proficient (LEP) individuals, any strategy to improve communications with this population must also include English learning and address the shortage of high-quality ...
Ted Wang
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Reforming Competence Restoration Statutes: An Outpatient Model [PDF]
, 2019 Defendants who suffer from mental illness and are found incompetent to stand trial are often ordered committed to an inpatient mental health facility to restore their competence, even if outpatient care may be the better treatment option.
McMahon, Susan A.
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Levelled bed occupancy and controlled waiting lists using Master surgical schedules [PDF]
, 2010 Scheduling surgical patients is one of the complex organizational tasks hospitals face daily. Master surgical scheduling is one way to optimize utilization of scarce resources and to create a more predictable outflow from the operating room towards ...
Evers, L. (Lanah) +2 more
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BMJ OpenObjectives Waiting for cardiac surgery is a stressful life event for most patients. Exploring what people experience while waiting and understanding their preferences and views on how waiting time could be improved will help to inform new strategies for ...
Mario Petrou +12 more
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Waiting Times and Waiting Lists: A Model of the Market for Elective Surgery [PDF]
We present a simple dynamic model of the demand and supply for elective surgery in the NHS and test it using a panel of quartely data for 123 English health authorities from the second quarter of 1987 to the first quarter of 1993.
Ana Xavier +2 more
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Exploring barriers to organ donation in the African American communities of California [PDF]
, 2012 There are a disproportionate number of African-Americans on transplant waiting lists across the country. The outcomes of a transplant are greatly improved when the donor and the recipient are from the same ethnic group.
Law, D. R., McNiesh, Susan
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Prioritization and patients' rights: Analysing the effect of a reform in the Norwegian Hospital Sector [PDF]
The right to equal treatment, irrespective of age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status and place of resident, is an important principle for several health care systems.
Askildsen, Jan Erik +2 more
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