Journal article
A Systematic Review of the Impact of Healthcare Reforms on Access to Emergency Department and Elective Surgery Services
Abstract
This systematic review sought to identify whether health care reforms led to improvement in the emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) and elective surgery (ES) access in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The review was registered in the PROSPERO database (CRD42015016343), and nine databases were searched for peer-reviewed, English-language reports published between 1994 and 2014. We also searched relevant "grey" …
Authors
Reddy S; Jones P; Shanthanna H; Damarell R; Wakerman J
Journal
International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 81–105
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
January 2018
DOI
10.1177/0020731417722089
ISSN
2755-1938