Waiting for children's surgery in Canada: The Canadian Paediatric Surgical Wait Times project

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Wright, James G ^a   Menaker, Rena J ^b   Houle, Anne Marie ^c   Leclerc, Susanne ^c   Mayer, Sandeep Kumar ^c   Willis, Baxter ^c   Corsten, Gerard ^c   Blair, Geoffrey K ^c   Jones, Sarah ^c   Hyndman, William ^c   Cole, William ^c   Leitch, Kellie ^c   Wong, Andrew ^c   Hedden, Doug ^c   Ouimet, Alain ^c   Price, David ^c   McPherson, John ^c   Farmer, Jean Pierre ^c   Fitzgerald, Peter ^c   Chan, Julie ^c   Séguin, Cathy ^c   Mainland, Jeff ^c   Crivianu Gaita, Daniela ^c   Fixler, Tamas ^c   more..

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Canadian Paediatric Surgical Wait Times Project   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WAIT TIME;

EID: 79958758300     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.101530     Document Type: Article

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