Add to ORKGBackgroundOne aim of publicly-funded health care systems is to provide equitable access to care irrespective of ability to pay. At the same time, differences in socioeconomic status (SES) are associated with health outcomes and access to care, including waiting times for surgery. In public systems where both high- and low-SES patients use the same resources, low-SES patients may be adversely impacted in surgical waiting times. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a publicly-funded health system can provide equitable access to surgical care across socioeconomic status.MethodsPatient-level records were obtained from a comprehensive provincially-administered surgical wait time database, encompassing years 2006-2015 and 98% of Ont...
Waiting times for elective surgery, like hip replacement, are often referred to as an equitable rati...
An increasing amount of empirical evidence suggests that patients with higher socioeconomic status w...
BackgroundDifficulties accessing surgical care (e.g., related to wait times, cancellations, cost, re...
BackgroundOne aim of publicly-funded health care systems is to provide equitable access to care irre...
Abstract Background Widespread literature on inequity in healthcare access and utilization has been ...
Background: Little is known about whether patients’ socioeconomic status influences...
Background: Little is known about whether patients’ socioeconomic status influences...
Abstract Background Little is known about whether patients’ socioeconomic status influences their ac...
In the absence of priority criteria, waiting times are an implicit rationing instrument where the ab...
In the absence of priority criteria, waiting times are an implicit rationing instrument where the ab...
In the absence of priority criteria, waiting times are an implicit rationing instrument where the ab...
In the absence of priority criteria, waiting times are an implicit rationing instrument where the ab...
In the absence of priority criteria, waiting times are an implicit rationing instrument where the ab...
The objective of this article was to investigate the existence of horizontal inequality in access to...
The objective of this article was to investigate the existence of horizontal inequality in access to...
Waiting times for elective surgery, like hip replacement, are often referred to as an equitable rati...
An increasing amount of empirical evidence suggests that patients with higher socioeconomic status w...
BackgroundDifficulties accessing surgical care (e.g., related to wait times, cancellations, cost, re...
BackgroundOne aim of publicly-funded health care systems is to provide equitable access to care irre...
Abstract Background Widespread literature on inequity in healthcare access and utilization has been ...
Background: Little is known about whether patients’ socioeconomic status influences...
Background: Little is known about whether patients’ socioeconomic status influences...
Abstract Background Little is known about whether patients’ socioeconomic status influences their ac...
In the absence of priority criteria, waiting times are an implicit rationing instrument where the ab...
In the absence of priority criteria, waiting times are an implicit rationing instrument where the ab...
In the absence of priority criteria, waiting times are an implicit rationing instrument where the ab...
In the absence of priority criteria, waiting times are an implicit rationing instrument where the ab...
In the absence of priority criteria, waiting times are an implicit rationing instrument where the ab...
The objective of this article was to investigate the existence of horizontal inequality in access to...
The objective of this article was to investigate the existence of horizontal inequality in access to...
Waiting times for elective surgery, like hip replacement, are often referred to as an equitable rati...
An increasing amount of empirical evidence suggests that patients with higher socioeconomic status w...
BackgroundDifficulties accessing surgical care (e.g., related to wait times, cancellations, cost, re...