Priority waiting lists: Is there a clinically ordered queue? [2]

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 408-410

  Sobolev, Boris G ^a,b,d   Brown, Peter M ^c   Zelt, David ^c   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Research Pavilion   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 23044484406     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00526.x     Document Type: Letter

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