A new pathway for elective surgery to reduce cancellation rates

• Egile Nagusiak: Hovlid Einar (Egilea), Bukve Oddbjørn (Egilea), Haug Kjell (Egilea), Aslaksen Aslak (Egilea), von Plessen Christian (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The cancellation of planned surgeries causes prolonged wait times, harm to patients, and is a waste of scarce resources. To reduce high cancellation rates in a Norwegian general hospital, the pathway for elective surgery was redesign...