Norwegian Priority Setting in Practice - an Analysis of Waiting Time Patterns Across Medical Disciplines

• Main Authors: Jurgita Januleviciute Gangstøe (Author), Torhild Heggestad (Author), Ole Frithjof Norheim (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: Different strategies for addressing the challenge of prioritizing elective patients efficiently and fairly have been introduced in Norway. In the time period studied, there were three possible outcomes for elective patients that had been through the process of priority setting: (i) high...