Shooting arrows in the dark: The policies and practices of waitlist management in Canada

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 308-311

  Blake, John T ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONEY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CANADA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLICY MAKING; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 30344476096     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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