Chances of late surgery in relation to length of wait lists

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sobolev, Boris G ^a,b   Levy, Adrian R ^a,c   Kuramoto, Lisa ^b   Hayden, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; OPERATION DURATION; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SURGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CANADA; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; STANDARDS; TIME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 27644494843     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-63     Document Type: Article

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