Waiting for health care in Canada what we know and what we don't know

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ISBN: 1553927842 (PDF)
ISBN: 1553927850 (print)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (ix, 69 p.) : ill., digital file.
Publisher: Ottawa, Ont. : Canadian Institute for Health Information, c2006

General Note:	Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 69).
Formatted Contents Note:	Chapter 1. Tracking progress on wait times -- What governments are doing --Beyond government : who's doing what -- Understanding wait times -- The context of waits -- Chapter 2. Assessment and diagnosis -- Access to routine care -- Access to specialized care -- Access to diagnostic tests -- Assessment and diagnosis : where we stand -- Chapter 3. Surgery -- Waits for surgery : what Canadians say -- The "big four" : surgical waits in First Ministers' priority areas -- Comparing waits -- How long is too long? -- What the data say - Surgery : where we stand -- Supplementary Provincial/Territorial information -- Chapter 4. Beyond acute care -- Waiting to leave the hospital -- Special focus : who waits for inpatient rehabilitation -- Beyond acute care : where we stand.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in printed form.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.