Waiting list management in general practice: a review of orthopaedic patients

A Preliminary Investigation of Cast Anxiety in General Orthopaedic Practice

Background: Anxiety following casting is an unrecognised complication that results in frequent visits to fracture clinic in the UK. There is a paucity of research regarding this complication. Failure to recognise Cast Anxiety (CA) leads to increased visits, frequent cast changes and possible failure of treatment despite no objective problems with the cast. Prior research has suggested a possibl...

Simulating waiting list management.

Patients' experiences of waiting for treatment have changed dramatically in recent years in the United Kingdom's National Health Service. There has been a substantial reduction in the mean wait but the characteristics of the distributions have also changed significantly, implying a change in priorities and waiting list management. Simulations are often used to assess proposals for investment an...

Ending waiting-list mismanagement: principles and practice.

review of radiographic methods in dental implantology

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Patients waiting for elective general surgery: a culture of waiting?

H care has long been a source of Canadian national pride, but decades of budget cuts and attempts at system reengineering have led to a perceived deterioration in access to care. Part of this perception centres around a “culture of waiting”: waiting to see one’s general practitioner, waiting to see a specialist, waiting for diagnostic tests and waiting for appropriate treatment. Of course, wait...