Waiting time in relation to wait-list size at registration: Statistical analysis of a waiting-list registry

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 298-305

  Sobolev, Boris ^a   Brown, Peter ^b   Zelt, David ^b   Kuramoto, Lisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR SURGERY; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; STATISTICS;

COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 14144255328     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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