Long Waiting Times for Elective Hospital Care – Breaking the Vicious Circle by Abandoning Prioritisation

Background<br /> Policies assigning low-priority patients treatment delays for care, in order to make room for patients of higher priority arriving later, are common in secondary healthcare services today. Alternatively, each new patient could be granted the first available appointment. We aim...

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Main Authors: Solbjørg Makalani Myrtveit Sæther, Torhild Heggestad, John-Helge Heimdal, Magne Myrtveit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2020-03-01
Series:International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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Online Access:https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3682_db5fcd43e0c9b4c66615f604acca5cd8.pdf