The impact of public performance reporting on cancer elective surgery waiting times: a data linkage study

• Main Authors: Khic-Houy Prang (Author), Rachel Canaway (Author), Marie Bismark (Author), David Dunt (Author), Julie A. Miller (Author), Margaret Kelaher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Excessive waiting times for cancer elective surgery are a concern in publicly funded healthcare systems. Several countries including Australia have introduced healthcare reforms involving time-based targets and public performance reporting (PPR) of hospital data. However, there i...