Policy Related to OR Management
(last updated 04/19/08)

2007

Siciliani L. A note on the dynamic interaction between waiting times and waiting lists. Health Economics 17:639-647, 2008

2007

Bian J, Morrisey MA. Free-standing ambulatory surgery centers and hospital surgery volume. Inquiry 44: 200-210, 2007

Cipriano LE, Chesworth BM, Anderson CK, Zaric GS. Predicting joint replacement waiting times. Health Care Management Science 10:195-215, 2007

Mitchell JM. Utilization changes following market entry by physician-owned specialty hospitals. Medical Care Research and Review 64: 395-415, 2007
 

2005

Siciliani L, Hurstb J. Tackling excessive waiting times for elective surgery: a comparative analysis of policies in 12 OECD countries. Health Policy 72:201-215, 2005

Singh N, Brooke-Cowden GL, Whitehurst C, Smith D, Senior J. The Auburn Elective Surgery Pilot Project. ANZ Journal of Surgery 75:768-775, 2005

Sobolev BG, Levy AR, Kuramoto L, Hayden R. Chances of late surgery in relation to length of wait lists. BMC Health Services Research 5:63, 2005
 

2004

Shortt SE, Shaw RA, Elliott D, Mackillop WJ. Monitoring trends in waiting periods in Canada for elective surgery: validation of a method using administrative data. The Canadian Journal of Surgery 47:173-178, 2004

Sobolev B, Brown P, Zelt D, Kuramoto L. Waiting time in relation to wait-list size at registration: statistical analysis of a waiting-list registry. The Clinical and Investigative Medicine 27:298-305, 2004
 

2003

Ham C, Kipping R, McLeod H. Redesigning work processes in health care: lessons from the National Health Service. The Milbank Quarterly 81:415-439, 2003
 

2002

Taylor MC, Hadorn DC. Developing priority criteria for general surgery: results from the Western Canada Waiting List Project. Canadian Journal of Surgery 45:351-357, 2002

Quan H, Lafreniere R, Johnson D. Health service costs for patients on the waiting list. Canadian Journal of Surgery 45:34-42, 2002
 

2001

Birkmeyer JD, Finlayson EV, Birkmeyer CM. Volume standards for high-risk surgical procedures: potential benefits of the Leapfrog initiative. Surgery 130:415-431, 2001

Sobolev B, Brown P, Zelt D. Modeling and analysis of multistate access to elective surgery. Health Care Management Science 4:125-132, 2001
 

2000

McDonagh MS, Smith DH, Goddard M. Measuring appropriate use of acute beds - A systematic review of methods and results. Health Policy 53:157-184, 2000
 

1999

Roberts RR, Frutos PW, Ciavarella GG, Gussow LM, Mensah EK, Kampe LM, Straus HE, Joseph G, Rydman RJ. Distribution of variable vs fixed costs of hospital care. JAMA 281:644-649, 1999
 

1995

Macario A, Vitez TS, Dunn B, McDonald T. Where are the costs in perioperative care? Analysis of hospital costs and charges for inpatient surgical care. Anesthesiology 83:1138-1144, 1995

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