Measuring waiting times for elective surgery in public hospitals
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Measuring waiting times for elective surgery in public hospitals.
The article by Walters et al. raised some very important points related to the problem of long elective surgery waiting lists in Australian public hospitals, including those related to the reporting of waiting lists being a poor indicator of quality for a health service. The number of people on a waiting list does not actually give any indication as to whether patients are being seen within cli...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Health Review
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0156-5788
DOI: 10.1071/ah14179