Reporting and evaluating wait times for urgent hip fracture surgery in Ontario, Canada

BACKGROUND: Although a delay of 24 hours for hip fracture repair is associated with medical complications and costs, it is unknown how long patients wait for surgery for hip fracture. We describe novel methods for measuring exact urgent and emergent surgical wait times (in hours) and the factors tha...

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Published in:CMAJ
Main Authors: Pincus, Daniel, Wasserstein, David, Ravi, Bheeshma, Byrne, James P., Huang, Anjie, Paterson, J. Michael, Nathens, Avery B., Kreder, Hans J., Jenkinson, Richard J., Wodchis, Walter P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Joule Inc. 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5995591/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29891474
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170830
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