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How long is too long? Examining waiting times and stress in human-elevator interaction [PDF]

PeerJ
Elevators have become an indispensable infrastructure in modern societies. Our use of them involves two distinct waiting periods: the waiting time (before the elevator arrives) and the transit time (riding to a destination).
Masahiro Shiomi, Masayuki Kakio, Takahiro Miyashita   +2 more
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Reducing patient waiting times in humanitarian settings: a data-driven approach to improving healthcare access for vulnerable populations [PDF]

Archives of Public Health
Background Prolonged patient waiting times in healthcare settings, particularly within humanitarian contexts, pose significant challenges to the provision and quality of care received.
Eslam Abo Alhawa, Elise Presser, Amin Zahwe, Sary Faraj, Samar Al-Hajj, Marwa Fares, Mohammad Fadi AlHalbi   +6 more
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What can we learn about the impact of cancelled planned operations on waiting times? A case study using the 2017/18 winter flu postponement policy in England [PDF]

Health Economics Review
Background Cancelled operations can potentially impact both health and patient experience through their effect on waiting times. However, identifying causal relationships is challenging.
Maria Ana Matias, Rita Santos, Nils Gutacker, Anne Mason, Nigel Rice   +4 more
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The effect of local hospital waiting times on GP referrals for suspected cancer. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
IntroductionReducing waiting times is a major policy objective in publicly-funded healthcare systems. However, reductions in waiting times can produce a demand response, which may offset increases in capacity. Early detection and diagnosis of cancer is a
Helen Hayes, Rachel Meacock, Jonathan Stokes, Matt Sutton   +3 more
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Efficacy of Different Triage Protocols in Reducing Waiting Times in Emergency Settings: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Introduction: Prolonged waiting times in emergency departments (EDs) can result in adverse outcomes for patients. Implementing efficient triage protocols is critical in reducing these delays.
P R S Balu, Afroz Kalmee Syed, Tejashwini Kotian, Hemanth Satya Subhash Padala, Surendra Gupta, Rahul Tiwari, Saloni Kamboj   +6 more
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Waiting times spillovers in a National Health Service hospital network: a little organizational diversity can go a long way [PDF]

Health Economics Review
Background The objective of this study is to assess if waiting times for elective surgeries within the Portuguese National Health Service (NHS) are influenced by the waiting times at neighboring hospitals.
Joana Daniela Ferreira Cima, Alvaro Fernando Santos Almeida   +1 more
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The impact of Gender Identity Clinic waiting times on the mental health of transitioning individuals

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Waiting times for gender identity services, even before the Covid-19 pandemic, have been a cause of concern. Despite the waiting time standard for planned elective care in the NHS being a maximum of 18 weeks, the average waiting time for a ...
N. Henderson, V. Selwyn, J. Beezhold, R. Howard, R. Gilmore, I. Bartolome   +5 more
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Association of Emergency Department Waiting Times With Patient Experience in Admitted and Discharged Patients

Journal of Patient Experience, 2021
Prolonged waiting times are associated with worse patient experience in patients discharged from the emergency department (ED). However, it is unclear which component of the waiting times is most impactful to the patient experience and the impact on ...
A. Nyce, Snehal Gandhi, Brian Freeze, Joshua Bosire, Terry Ricca, E. Kupersmith, A. Mazzarelli, J. Rachoin   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patient prioritisation methods to shorten waiting times for elective surgery: A systematic review of how to improve access to surgery

medRxiv, 2021
Background: Concern about long waiting times for elective surgeries is not a recent phenomenon, but it has been heightened by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated measures. One way to alleviate the problem might be to use prioritisation
D. Rathnayake, Mike Clarke, Viraj Jayasinghe   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pediatric heart transplant waiting times in the United States since the 2016 allocation policy change

American Journal of Transplantation, 2021
We describe waiting times for pediatric heart transplant (HT) candidates after the 2016 revision to the US allocation policy. The OPTN database was queried for pediatric HT candidates listed between 7/2016 and 4/2019. Of the 1789 included candidates, 65%
Ryan J Williams, Minmin Lu, L. Sleeper, E. Blume, P. Esteso, F. Fynn-Thompson, C. VanderPluym, Simone Urbach, K. Daly   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source