SA Kreindler - British medical bulletin, 2010 - academic.oup.com
This synthesis seeks to assess and explain the effectiveness of policy interventions to reduce elective wait times or lists. PubMed, EMBASE, EconLit, and grey literature were …
Background The sustainability of healthcare systems worldwide is threatened by a growing demand for services and expensive innovative technologies. Decision makers struggle in …
Waiting times for elective (non-urgent) surgery are a main health policy concern in approximately half of OECD countries. Mean waiting times for elective surgical procedures …
AD MacCormick, WG Collecutt… - ANZ journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Priority scoring tools are mooted as means for dealing with burgeoning elective surgical waiting lists. There is ongoing development work in New Zealand, Canada and the …
Objectives The purpose of this evidence‐based review is to identify and describe the interventions that have been implemented to reduce waiting times for major elective surgery …
N Blythe, S Ross - London: King's Fund, 2022 - assets.kingsfund.org.uk
As at August 2022, elective care waiting lists in England stood at 7 million open patient pathways (NHS England 2022). This figure represents a record number of people1 waiting …
G Srikumar, T Eglinton, AD MacCormick - Health Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Patients waitlisted for elective general surgery in New Zealand used to be prioritised by multiple tools that were inconsistent, did not reflect clinical judgement and were not …
Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, or psychological. Physical and sexual violence by an intimate partner are common problems, affecting 20-50% of women at some stage in …
B Salman, O Yüksel, O Irkörücü, N Akyürek… - Digestive surgery, 2005 - karger.com
Background/Aim: Delay of laparoscopic cholecystectomy after the diagnosis of biliary colic may increase the probability of recurrent emergency admission while awaiting elective …