Introducing a reserve waiting list initiative for elective general surgery at a District General Hospital
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Patients waiting for elective general surgery: a culture of waiting?
H care has long been a source of Canadian national pride, but decades of budget cuts and attempts at system reengineering have led to a perceived deterioration in access to care. Part of this perception centres around a “culture of waiting”: waiting to see one’s general practitioner, waiting to see a specialist, waiting for diagnostic tests and waiting for appropriate treatment. Of course, wait...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open Quality
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2399-6641
DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000745