Survey of Access to GastroEnterology in Canada: The SAGE Wait Times Program
BACKGROUND: Assessment of current wait times for specialist health services in Canada is a key method that can assist government and health care providers to plan wisely for future health needs. These data are not readily available. A method to capture wait time data at the time of consultation or p...
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author | Desmond Leddin Ronald J Bridges David G Morgan Carlo Fallone Craig Render Victor Plourde Jim Gray Connie Switzer Jim McHattie Harminder Singh Eric Walli Iain Murray Anthony Nestel Paul Sinclair Ying Chen E Jan Irvine |
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description | BACKGROUND: Assessment of current wait times for specialist health services in Canada is a key method that can assist government and health care providers to plan wisely for future health needs. These data are not readily available. A method to capture wait time data at the time of consultation or procedure has been developed, which should be applicable to other specialist groups and also allows for assessment of wait time trends over intervals of years. |
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spelling | doaj-art-4cb3cf5fa7494a51b907bef7beffc4a42025-02-03T06:11:03ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002010-01-01241202510.1155/2010/246492Survey of Access to GastroEnterology in Canada: The SAGE Wait Times ProgramDesmond Leddin0Ronald J Bridges1David G Morgan2Carlo Fallone3Craig Render4Victor Plourde5Jim Gray6Connie Switzer7Jim McHattie8Harminder Singh9Eric Walli10Iain Murray11Anthony Nestel12Paul Sinclair13Ying Chen14E Jan Irvine15Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaMcGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaKelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, British Columbia, CanadaCentre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaRegina General Hospital, Regina, Saskatchewan, CanadaUniversity of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaUniversity of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaIntestinal Health Institute, Markham, Ontario, CanadaSouth Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, CanadaCanadian Association of Gastroenterology, Oakville, CanadaMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaUniversity of Toronto and St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: Assessment of current wait times for specialist health services in Canada is a key method that can assist government and health care providers to plan wisely for future health needs. These data are not readily available. A method to capture wait time data at the time of consultation or procedure has been developed, which should be applicable to other specialist groups and also allows for assessment of wait time trends over intervals of years.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/246492 |
spellingShingle | Desmond Leddin Ronald J Bridges David G Morgan Carlo Fallone Craig Render Victor Plourde Jim Gray Connie Switzer Jim McHattie Harminder Singh Eric Walli Iain Murray Anthony Nestel Paul Sinclair Ying Chen E Jan Irvine Survey of Access to GastroEnterology in Canada: The SAGE Wait Times Program Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
title | Survey of Access to GastroEnterology in Canada: The SAGE Wait Times Program |
title_full | Survey of Access to GastroEnterology in Canada: The SAGE Wait Times Program |
title_fullStr | Survey of Access to GastroEnterology in Canada: The SAGE Wait Times Program |
title_full_unstemmed | Survey of Access to GastroEnterology in Canada: The SAGE Wait Times Program |
title_short | Survey of Access to GastroEnterology in Canada: The SAGE Wait Times Program |
title_sort | survey of access to gastroenterology in canada the sage wait times program |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/246492 |
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