Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: Comparison of Wait Times and Consensus Targets
BACKGROUND: Monitoring wait times and defining targets for care have been advocated to improve health care delivery related to cancer, heart, diagnostic imaging, joint replacements and sight restoration. There are few data on access to care for digestive diseases, although they pose a greater econom...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2008-01-01
|
| Series: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/479684 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832556561005805568 |
|---|---|
| author | Desmond Leddin David Armstrong Alan NG Barkun Ying Chen Sandra Daniels Roger Hollingworth Richard H Hunt William G Paterson |
| author_facet | Desmond Leddin David Armstrong Alan NG Barkun Ying Chen Sandra Daniels Roger Hollingworth Richard H Hunt William G Paterson |
| author_sort | Desmond Leddin |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | BACKGROUND: Monitoring wait times and defining targets for care have been advocated to improve health care delivery related to cancer, heart, diagnostic imaging, joint replacements and sight restoration. There are few data on access to care for digestive diseases, although they pose a greater economic burden than cancer or heart disease in Canada. The present study compared wait times for specialist gastroenterology care with recent, evidence-based, consensus-defined benchmark wait times for a range of digestive diseases. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-8f6b3a35770c4ec4a634c809e4edc68a |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 0835-7900 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2008-01-01 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| spelling | doaj-art-8f6b3a35770c4ec4a634c809e4edc68a2025-02-03T05:45:07ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002008-01-0122216116710.1155/2008/479684Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: Comparison of Wait Times and Consensus TargetsDesmond Leddin0David Armstrong1Alan NG Barkun2Ying Chen3Sandra Daniels4Roger Hollingworth5Richard H Hunt6William G Paterson7Division of Gastroenterology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDivision 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, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: Monitoring wait times and defining targets for care have been advocated to improve health care delivery related to cancer, heart, diagnostic imaging, joint replacements and sight restoration. There are few data on access to care for digestive diseases, although they pose a greater economic burden than cancer or heart disease in Canada. The present study compared wait times for specialist gastroenterology care with recent, evidence-based, consensus-defined benchmark wait times for a range of digestive diseases.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/479684 |
| spellingShingle | Desmond Leddin David Armstrong Alan NG Barkun Ying Chen Sandra Daniels Roger Hollingworth Richard H Hunt William G Paterson Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: Comparison of Wait Times and Consensus Targets Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: Comparison of Wait Times and Consensus Targets |
| title_full | Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: Comparison of Wait Times and Consensus Targets |
| title_fullStr | Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: Comparison of Wait Times and Consensus Targets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: Comparison of Wait Times and Consensus Targets |
| title_short | Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: Comparison of Wait Times and Consensus Targets |
| title_sort | access to specialist gastroenterology care in canada comparison of wait times and consensus targets |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/479684 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT desmondleddin accesstospecialistgastroenterologycareincanadacomparisonofwaittimesandconsensustargets AT davidarmstrong accesstospecialistgastroenterologycareincanadacomparisonofwaittimesandconsensustargets AT alanngbarkun accesstospecialistgastroenterologycareincanadacomparisonofwaittimesandconsensustargets AT yingchen accesstospecialistgastroenterologycareincanadacomparisonofwaittimesandconsensustargets AT sandradaniels accesstospecialistgastroenterologycareincanadacomparisonofwaittimesandconsensustargets AT rogerhollingworth accesstospecialistgastroenterologycareincanadacomparisonofwaittimesandconsensustargets AT richardhhunt accesstospecialistgastroenterologycareincanadacomparisonofwaittimesandconsensustargets AT williamgpaterson accesstospecialistgastroenterologycareincanadacomparisonofwaittimesandconsensustargets |