Waiting time prioritisation: Evidence from England

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue , 2016, Pages 140-151

  Gutacker, Nils ^a   Siciliani, Luigi ^a   Cookson, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Patient reported outcome measures; Prioritisation; Severity; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; OECD; PRIORITIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIP REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN INTENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME TO TREATMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ARTHROSCOPY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84966473559     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.05.007     Document Type: Article

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