Developing a universal tool for the prioritization of patients waiting for elective surgery

The objective was to elaborate a priority scoring system for patients on waiting lists for elective surgery to be implemented in the Catalan public health system. This tool should ideally be universal (for all patients and across the entire region) with common criteria and weights (for all surgical procedures), simple and user-friendly.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Solans-Domènech, Maite ; Adam, Paula ; Tebé, Cristian ; Espallargues, Mireia
Published in:	Health Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0168-8510. - Vol. 113.2013, 1, p. 118-126
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Waiting lists \| Elective surgery \| Priority-setting \| Qualitative techniques \| Multidisciplinary participation

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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