Improving equitable access to imaging under universal-access medicine: The Ontario wait time information program and its impact on hospital policy and process

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 573-581

  Kielar, Ania Z ^a   El Maraghi, Robert H ^b   Schweitzer, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT; diagnostic imaging initiatives; Health policy; MRI; wait times

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

EID: 84928095974     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.03.017     Document Type: Review

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