[PDF] Top 20 The acceptability of waiting times for elective general surgery and the appropriateness of prioritising patients

... Preferential treatment for non-clinical reasons is contro- versial for it may conflict with fairness in care provision [19]. However, it has been shown to occur in practice and it can for instance contribute to reducing ... See full document

... 21,500 patients were removed from waiting lists because they were Treated elsewhere and around 62,500 were removed for Surgery not required or ...16,000 patients were Transferred to another ... See full document

... at local NHS providers tends to occur in the six month window that is disregarded for budget setting purposes. This is one of the findings that make allegations about fimd- holders having overgenerous budgets look rather ... See full document

... Italy, waiting times in elective surgical services are a main policy issue with a relevant geographical ...availability, patients ’ preferences and care ... See full document

... most patients who underwent hip replacement ...of patients, among those who underwent car- diovascular procedures, were aged 65 and ...younger patients underwent more surgery than older ...of ... See full document

... to patients and their ...District General Hospital revealed that approximately 18 operations are cancelled on the day of surgery each ...cancelled elective operations in general ... See full document

... of surgery, urology, and orthopaedics ...[14,15]. Patients' insurance status could be an indication of the level of financial reimburse- ment for the ... See full document

... some patients will generate waiting – ...a waiting list as short as the one when not prioritising, the average waiting time for each priority group must be exactly one ...for ... See full document

... Long waiting lists and the time spent on these have been a persistent source of health policy and political concern in the ...of patients, physi- cians of primary and secondary care, managers of trusts, ... See full document

... average waiting list costs: 1) more surgeries can be performed so that waiting times are reduced; 2) alternative criteria may be used to enter patient on the waiting list, altering the size ... See full document

... informing patients about the time they are going to spend on lists is important as it eliminates the distress and the anxiety they feel due to the uncertainty concerning the time they will receive treatment ... See full document

... Definition admissions per 1000 DHA population per quarter number waiting less than 3 months per 1000 DHA population number waiting per 1000 DHA pop proportion waiting more than 3 months [r] ... See full document

... Yet, all previous graphs exploited data at an aggregated level; the first part of the paper concentrated on the differences between specialties as a whole, that is in all NHS trusts of E[r] ... See full document

... A tool to handle the problem Given the obscurity of the matter, the SWALIS model was designed with the intention of obtaining transparent data to gain a more in depth understanding of WLES, enhanc- ing prioritization as ... See full document

... If it is assessed as clinically important for the patient who has DNA’d to be seen, appropriate action should be taken. This might include communication with the GP, other primary healthcare team professional or directly ... See full document

... Inpatient Waiting Times & Patient Access Policy Page 15 of 28 ...Appointments Patients who Do Not Attend an Outpatient Appointment ...the waiting list, discharged and the GP informed of ... See full document

... of patients with the most urgent and new referrals who are able to access appointments within a recommended ...the waiting list of referrals awaiting routine appointments and the pending list (Xie & Or, ... See full document

... a general class of anomalous diffusive processes that can capture such complicated MSD behavior by means of a generalized waiting time ...Our general model includes as a special case the continuous ... See full document

... elastic, waiting time for publicly funded elective surgery could increase further if a private sector ...reduce elective surgery waiting ... See full document

... experience as their own [43,44]. Each participant was asked to review and confirm an interpretive summary of his/her transcript during a follow-up interview. This interview was conducted by telephone one to three months ... See full document