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Hospital capacity and waiting time for treatment--is there a connection?.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The association between hospital capacity and waiting time for treatment is uncertain. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Waiting times for patients on waiting lists for inpatient treatment in 1998 were analysed to disclose possible associations with the hospitals' treatment resources, i.e., general costs, number of beds, doctors or nurses in relation to the population of its catchment area, and the relation between acute and elective …

Authors

Piene H; Loeb M; Hem KG

Journal

Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, Vol. 120, No. 25, pp. 2988–2992

Publication Date

October 20, 2000

ISSN

0029-2001