Is longer waiting time associated with health and social services utilization before treatment? A randomized study

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 209-214

  Hirvonen, Johanna ^a,i   Blom, Marja ^b,c,d   Tuominen, Ulla ^a,b   Seitsalo, Seppo ^e   Lehto, Matti ^f   Paavolainen, Pekka ^e,g   Hietaniemi, Kalevi ^d   Rissanen, Pekka ^h,j   Sintonen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

ⁱ Faculty of Medicine   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIAL WORK;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SOCIAL WORK; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 36749037253     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581907782101606     Document Type: Article

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