Fig. 1: Estimated probability of undergoing surgery as a function of waiting time. Data for a
single group of patients awaiting vascular surgery were analysed according to a …

Boris Sobolev and colleagues used prospectively collected data on waiting times for
vascular surgery and compared waits calculated both prospectively and retrospectively. 1 …

Objective: To examine the relationship between the length of a waiting list for elective
vascular surgery and the delay before undergoing the operation. Methods: We undertook a …

Results: The weekly admission rate was 9.8% on average. The proportion of patients who
underwent operation was 50% at 7 weeks, 75% at 14 weeks and 90% at 26 weeks. The …

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STUDY OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the effect of exclusion of data on delays in scheduling
operations in calculating difference in admission rates between two enrolment periods …

Objective Because data published on waiting times are largely determined from
questionnaire-type surveys, which generate inconclusive opinion-based results, the …

When access to elective surgery is rationed by wait lists, patients requiring coronary artery
bypass grafting may have to wait after a decision to operate has been made. The current …

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1999 had waited, the retrospective method would be used. Alternatively, one could use the …