Chances of Late Surgery in Relation to Length of Wait Lists
- Topics:
- Healthcare Services
- Tags:
- Benefits,
- Enterprise Software,
- Healthcare,
- Human Resources,
- Performance Management,
- Software,
- Surgery,
- Vertical Industries,
- Workforce Management
- Source:
- BioMed Central
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Overview: The proportion of patients who undergo surgery within a clinically safe time is an important performance indicator in health systems that use wait lists to manage access to care. However, little is known about chances of on-time surgery according to variations in existing demand. The paper sought to determine what proportion of patients have had late coronary bypass surgery after registration on wait lists of different size in a network of hospitals with uniform standards for timing of surgery.
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Format: PDF | Size: 152KB | Date: Sep 2005 | Pages: 12




