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Health of patients on the waiting list: Opportunity to improve health in Canada?

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  • Sutherland, Jason Murray
  • Crump, R. Trafford
  • Chan, Angie
  • Liu, Guiping
  • Yue, Elizabeth
  • Bair, Matthew

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A number of countries have healthcare systems where access to elective surgery is constrained. The inevitable outcome is wait lists for surgery. The objective of this study is to report cross-sectional health data collected from a broad sample of patients awaiting elective surgery and shed light on potential non-surgical treatments to improve health.

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  • Sutherland, Jason Murray & Crump, R. Trafford & Chan, Angie & Liu, Guiping & Yue, Elizabeth & Bair, Matthew, 2016. "Health of patients on the waiting list: Opportunity to improve health in Canada?," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(7), pages 749-757.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:120:y:2016:i:7:p:749-757
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.04.017
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    1. Siciliani, Luigi & Moran, Valerie & Borowitz, Michael, 2014. "Measuring and comparing health care waiting times in OECD countries," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 118(3), pages 292-303.
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