'Waiting for' and 'waiting in' public and private hospitals: a qualitative study of patient trust in South Australia

• Main Authors: Paul R. Ward (Author), Philippa Rokkas (Author), Clinton Cenko (Author), Mariastella Pulvirenti (Author), Nicola Dean (Author), A. Simon Carney (Author), Samantha Meyer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Waiting times for hospital appointments, treatment and/or surgery have become a major political and health service problem, leading to national maximum waiting times and policies to reduce waiting times. Quantitative studies have documented waiting times for various types of surg...