Waiting time prioritisation for specialist services in Italy: The homogeneous waiting time groups approach

Health Policy

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-63

  Mariotti, Giuliano ^a   Siciliani, Luigi ^b   Rebba, Vincenzo ^c   Fellini, Rita ^a   Gentilini, Maria ^d   Benea, Giorgio ^e   Bertoli, Pierpaolo ^f   Bistolfi, Lorenzo ^g   Brugaletta, Salvatore ^h   Camboa, Pierluigi ⁱ   Casucci, Paola ^j   Dessi, Dino ^k   Faronato, Pierpaolo ^l   Galante, Mariangela ^m   Gioffredi, Alessio ⁿ   Guarino, Teresa Maria ^o   Pofi, Enrico ^p   Liva, Carlo ^q  

^a Rovereto Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADUA   (Italy)

^d LHU APSS   (Italy)

^e LHU Ferrara Province   (Italy)

^f Hospital of Merano   (Italy)

^g LHU Genova   (Italy)

^h LHU Ragusa   (Italy)

ⁱ LHU Lecce   (Italy)

^j Regional Health Authority of Umbria   (Italy)

^k LHU Savona   (Italy)

^l LHU Treviso   (Italy)

^m Governance of Outpatient Service   (Italy)

ⁿ LHU Feltre   (Italy)

^o Hospital of Potenza   (Italy)

^p Hospital of Viterbo   (Italy)

^q National Agency for Regional Health Services   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Diffusion of innovation; Outpatient services; Primary care; Prioritisation; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOGENEOUS WAITING GROUP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; AMBULATORY CARE; SPECIALIZATION; TIME FACTOR;

AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; SPECIALIZATION; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84904107843     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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