Gender and socioeconomic status as determinants of waiting time for inpatient surgery in a system with implicit queue management

Health Policy

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-341

  Arnesen, Kjell E ^a   Erikssen, Jan ^a   Stavem, Knut ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Access; Hospital; Queue; Surgery; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HAZARD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; NEOPLASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREJUDICE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0036883640     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(02)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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