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Patients' acceptance of waiting for cataract surgery: What makes a wait too long?

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  • Dunn, Elaine
  • Black, Charlyn
  • Alonso, Jordi
  • Norregaard, Jens Christian
  • Anderson, Gerard F.

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The patient's perspective about waiting for elective surgery is an important consideration in the management of waiting lists, yet it has received little attention to date. This study was undertaken to assess the acceptability of personal waiting times from the perspective of patients, and to examine waiting time and patient characteristics associated with the perception that a wait for cataract surgery is too long. The international prospective study was conducted in three sites with explicit waiting systems: Manitoba, Canada; Denmark; and Barcelona, Spain. Patients over the age of 50 years were recruited consecutively from ophthalmologists' practices at the time of their enlistment for first-eye cataract surgery. Anticipated waiting time, opinions about personal waiting time, and patients' visual and health characteristics were identified by means of telephone interviews. The 550 patients interviewed at the time of enlistment for surgery anticipated waits varying from

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  • Dunn, Elaine & Black, Charlyn & Alonso, Jordi & Norregaard, Jens Christian & Anderson, Gerard F., 1997. "Patients' acceptance of waiting for cataract surgery: What makes a wait too long?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 44(11), pages 1603-1610, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:44:y:1997:i:11:p:1603-1610
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    1. Farnworth, Michael G., 2003. "A game theoretic model of the relationship between prices and waiting times," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 47-60, January.
    2. Birk, Hans Okkels & Henriksen, Lars Onsberg, 2006. "Why do not all hip- and knee patients facing long waiting times accept re-referral to hospitals with short waiting time?: Questionnaire study," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(3), pages 318-325, August.

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