Does wait-list size at registration influence time to surgery? Analysis of a population-based cardiac surgery registry

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-39

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

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR HEALTH EVALUATION AND OUTCOME SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Cohort studies; Delay in treatment; Elective surgery; Patient admission; Registries; Surgical procedures; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGISTRATION; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33644904356     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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