Prolonged wait time is associated with increased mortality for Chilean waiting list patients with non-prioritized conditions

• Main Authors: Diego A. Martinez (Author), Haoxiang Zhang (Author), Magdalena Bastias (Author), Felipe Feijoo (Author), Jeremiah Hinson (Author), Rodrigo Martinez (Author), Jocelyn Dunstan (Author), Scott Levin (Author), Diana Prieto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Most data on mortality and prognostic factors of universal healthcare waiting lists come from North America, Australasia, and Europe, with little information from South America. We aimed to determine the relationship between medical center-specific waiting time and waiting list m...