Monitoring trends in waiting periods in Canada for elective surgery: Validation of a method using administrative data

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-178

  Shortt, Samuel E D ^a   Shaw, Ralph A ^a   Elliott, David ^b,c   Mackillop, William J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Department of Health   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CURETTAGE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSTATECTOMY; STATISTICS; VAGINA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CYSTOSCOPY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VAGINA; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 4344572114     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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