Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: The Practice Audit in Gastroenterology (PAGE) Wait Times Program
BACKGROUND: Canadian wait time data are available for the treatment of cancer and heart disease, as well as for joint replacement, cataract surgery and diagnostic imaging procedures. Wait times for gastroenterology consultation and procedures have not been studied, although digestive diseases pose a...
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| author | David Armstrong Alan NG Barkun Ying Chen Sandra Daniels Roger Hollingworth Richard H Hunt Desmond Leddin |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Canadian wait time data are available for the treatment of cancer and heart disease, as well as for joint replacement, cataract surgery and diagnostic imaging procedures. Wait times for gastroenterology consultation and procedures have not been studied, although digestive diseases pose a greater economic burden in Canada than cancer or heart disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3ad98dc22fd74f7fa8e0697b107202782025-02-03T06:12:53ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002008-01-0122215516010.1155/2008/292948Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: The Practice Audit in Gastroenterology (PAGE) Wait Times ProgramDavid Armstrong0Alan NG Barkun1Ying Chen2Sandra Daniels3Roger Hollingworth4Richard H Hunt5Desmond Leddin6Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaCanadian Association of Gastroenterology, Oakville, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, The Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaBACKGROUND: Canadian wait time data are available for the treatment of cancer and heart disease, as well as for joint replacement, cataract surgery and diagnostic imaging procedures. Wait times for gastroenterology consultation and procedures have not been studied, although digestive diseases pose a greater economic burden in Canada than cancer or heart disease.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/292948 |
| spellingShingle | David Armstrong Alan NG Barkun Ying Chen Sandra Daniels Roger Hollingworth Richard H Hunt Desmond Leddin Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: The Practice Audit in Gastroenterology (PAGE) Wait Times Program Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: The Practice Audit in Gastroenterology (PAGE) Wait Times Program |
| title_full | Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: The Practice Audit in Gastroenterology (PAGE) Wait Times Program |
| title_fullStr | Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: The Practice Audit in Gastroenterology (PAGE) Wait Times Program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: The Practice Audit in Gastroenterology (PAGE) Wait Times Program |
| title_short | Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: The Practice Audit in Gastroenterology (PAGE) Wait Times Program |
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