Measuring And Reducing Waiting Times: A Cross-National Comparison Of Strategies Export

@article{citeulike:4091101, abstract = {We compare strategies to manage surgical waiting times in Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, and Wales to give policy insights into those that are most effective. Most of these countries have allocated dedicated funding and set explicit waiting time targets. Of the five countries, England has achieved the most sustained improvement, linked to major funding boosts, ambitious waiting-time targets, and a rigorous performance management system. While supply-side strategies are used in all five countries, New Zealand and parts of Canada have also invested in demand-side strategies through the use of clinical criteria to prioritize access to surgery. 10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1078}, author = {Willcox, Sharon and Seddon, Mary and Dunn, Stephen and Edwards, Rhiannon T. and Pearse, Jim and Tu, Jack V.}, citeulike-article-id = {4091101}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1078}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/4/1078}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17630450}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17630450}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1078}, journal = {Health Aff}, keywords = {physicianship}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {1078--1087}, posted-at = {2009-02-24 06:46:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Measuring And Reducing Waiting Times: A Cross-National Comparison Of Strategies}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1078}, volume = {26}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4091101 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4091101 N2 - We compare strategies to manage surgical waiting times in Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, and Wales to give policy insights into those that are most effective. Most of these countries have allocated dedicated funding and set explicit waiting time targets. Of the five countries, England has achieved the most sustained improvement, linked to major funding boosts, ambitious waiting-time targets, and a rigorous performance management system. While supply-side strategies are used in all five countries, New Zealand and parts of Canada have also invested in demand-side strategies through the use of clinical criteria to prioritize access to surgery. 10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1078 IS - 4 JF - Health Aff EP - 1087 TI - Measuring And Reducing Waiting Times: A Cross-National Comparison Of Strategies VL - 26 SP - 1078 KW - physicianship AU - Willcox, Sharon AU - Seddon, Mary AU - Dunn, Stephen AU - Edwards, Rhiannon AU - Pearse, Jim AU - Tu, Jack PY - 2007/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1078 ER -