Waiting times for surgical procedures

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Decoster, Carolyn ^a,c   Carriere, Keumhee Chough ^b   Peterson, Sandra ^a   Walld, Randy ^a   Macwilliam, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Public private; Surgery; Waiting lists; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 17944383669     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199906001-00016     Document Type: Article

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