Wait time management strategies for scheduled care: What makes them succeed?

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 66-81

  Pomey, Marie Pascale ^a   Forest, Pierre Gerlier ^a,b   Sanmartin, Claudia ^c   De Coster, Carolyn ^d,e   Drew, Madeleine ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Trudeau Foundation   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EXPERT; MONITORING; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 77950663234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2013.21640     Document Type: Article

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