Background: Canada lags behind other countries with respect to wait times for specialist
physician and allied health professional consultations. We conducted a systematic review to …

Background Long waiting times are associated with public community outpatient health
services. This trial aimed to determine if a new model of care based on evidence-based …

Background Wait times are an important measure of access to various health care sectors
and from a patient's perspective include several stages in their care. While mechanisms to …

Objective Timely access to care and continuity with a specific provider are important
determinants of patient satisfaction when booking appointments in primary care settings …

Objective Long specialist out-patient waitlists are common in public health facilities, but not
all patients require consultation with a medical specialist. Studies of single allied health …

Background Managing demand for services is a problem in many areas of healthcare,
including specialist medical outpatient clinics. Some of these clinics have long waiting lists …

Background Many people wait long periods for community outpatient services. However little
is known about the impact of waiting from referral to first visit on patient outcomes. The aim of …

Background Waiting lists for treatment are common in outpatient and community services,
Existing methods for managing access and triage to these services can lead to inequities in …

Objective To calculate patient wait times for specialist care using data from primary care
clinics across Canada. Design Retrospective chart audit. Setting Primary care clinics …

Background Single-entry models (SEMs) for the management of patients awaiting elective
surgical services are designed to increase access and flow through the system of care. We …