Published in CMAJ on May 02, 2000
Ending waiting-list mismanagement: principles and practice. CMAJ (2000) 3.18
Physicians, it's in your court now. CMAJ (2005) 1.99
Time on wait lists for coronary bypass surgery in British Columbia, Canada, 1991-2000. BMC Health Serv Res (2005) 1.27
Wait times for surgical and adjuvant radiation treatment of breast cancer in Canada and the United States: greater socioeconomic inequity in America. Clin Invest Med (2009) 1.26
Developing priority criteria for hip and knee replacement: results from the Western Canada Waiting List Project. Can J Surg (2003) 1.06
Management of MRI wait lists in Canada. Healthc Policy (2009) 0.99
Solving the public health care sustainability puzzle. CMAJ (2002) 0.96
A prospective study of peri-diagnostic and surgical wait times for patients with presumptive colorectal, lung, or prostate cancer. Br J Cancer (2008) 0.93
Exploring wait list prioritization and management strategies for publicly funded ambulatory rehabilitation services in ontario, Canada: further evidence of barriers to access for people with chronic disease. Healthc Policy (2010) 0.85
A preliminary investigation of wait times for child and adolescent mental health services in Canada. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2011) 0.84
Transparent criteria for specialist level adolescent psychiatric care. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2006) 0.82
High resolution analysis of wait times and factors affecting surgical expediency. Can Urol Assoc J (2011) 0.82
Modeling and analysis of multistate access to elective surgery. Health Care Manag Sci (2001) 0.79
Factors influencing waiting times for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Can J Surg (2007) 0.79
Physicians' perceptions of quality of care, professional autonomy, and job satisfaction in Canada, Norway, and the United States. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.79
Patient-expressed perceptions of wait-time causes and wait-related satisfaction. Curr Oncol (2015) 0.78
Timely access and quality of care in colorectal cancer: a population-based cohort study using administrative data. BMC Res Notes (2013) 0.78
Wait times for prostate cancer treatment and patient perceptions of care in Canada: a mixed-methods report. Curr Oncol (2015) 0.78
Priority criteria tool for elective specialist level adolescent psychiatric care predicts treatment received. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2008) 0.78
Chemotherapy uptake and wait times in early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer. Curr Oncol (2012) 0.77
Do private clinics or expedited fees reduce disability duration for injured workers following knee surgery? Healthc Policy (2011) 0.77
The waiting game: facing the consequences. CMAJ (2002) 0.75
About those waiting lists.... CMAJ (2000) 0.75
Spatial Accessibility to Health Care Services: Identifying under-Serviced Neighbourhoods in Canadian Urban Areas. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
About those waiting lists.... CMAJ (2000) 0.75
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Shortening waiting lists in orthopaedic surgery outpatient clinics. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1982) 2.87
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Waiting times for surgical procedures. Med Care (1999) 2.29
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Review of an orthopaedic in-patient waiting list. Health Trends (1984) 1.89
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Waiting in pain. Delays between referral and consultation in outpatient pain clinics. Anaesthesia (1994) 1.68
NHS waiting list have been a boon for private medicine in the UK. CMAJ (1996) 1.46
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Are waiting lists inevitable? Health Policy (1996) 1.36
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Development of the Belfast orthopaedic information system. Health Serv Manage (1989) 1.13
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Orthopaedic waiting list reduction through a review of service provision: the problems encountered. J R Soc Med (1988) 0.99
Do we require initiatives to reduce ophthalmic outpatient waiting lists? Health Trends (1992) 0.98
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Computerization of a hospital waiting-list. Med J Aust (1988) 0.79
Cutting ophthalmology out-patients waiting time. Health Serv Manage (1989) 0.78
A weekend orthopaedic initiative list scheme. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (1992) 0.78
Surgical waiting lists II: Current practices and future directions using the Province of British Columbia as a test study. Healthc Manage Forum (1992) 0.78
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Comparative genomics of the eukaryotes. Science (2000) 26.62
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Will increasing medical school enrollment solve Canada's physician supply problems? CMAJ (1999) 7.02
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Growth curves and survival characteristics of the animals used in the Biomarkers of Aging Program. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (1999) 5.24
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Lung cancer and cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis. A population-based cohort study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2000) 3.36
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Occupational exposure to metal or wood dust and aetiology of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis. Lancet (1996) 3.28
Prevalence of wheeze and asthma and relation to atopy in urban and rural Ethiopia. Lancet (1997) 3.23
Ending waiting-list mismanagement: principles and practice. CMAJ (2000) 3.18
Creating a population-based linked health database: a new resource for health services research. Can J Public Health (1998) 3.05
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Sir Andrew Macphail: physician, philosopher, founding editor of CMAJ. Can Med Assoc J (1978) 2.33
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Dying in Canada: is it an institutionalized, technologically supported experience? J Palliat Care (2000) 2.28
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Insulin adjustment by a diabetes nurse educator improves glucose control in insulin-requiring diabetic patients: a randomized trial. CMAJ (1999) 2.08
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Seroprotection against serogroup C meningococcal disease in adolescents in the United Kingdom: observational study. BMJ (2008) 1.99
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Re-minding our Ps and Qs: medical cost controls in Canada. Health Aff (Millwood) (1996) 1.82
Hospital downsizing and trends in health care use among elderly people in British Columbia. CMAJ (2000) 1.82
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Report on activities and attitudes of organizations active in the clinical practice guidelines field. CMAJ (1995) 1.76
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Still here, still flawed, still wrong: the case against the case for taxing the sick. CMAJ (1998) 1.70
The distribution of plasma lipoproteins in middle-aged male runners. Metabolism (1976) 1.69
Supply projections as planning: a critical review of forecasting net physician requirements in Canada. Soc Sci Med (1985) 1.68
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Early intervention in psychosis: keeping faith with evidence-based health care. Psychol Med (2009) 1.64
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The self reported prevalence of asthma symptoms amongst adult New Zealanders. N Z Med J (1994) 1.57
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Emergency department use as a component of total ambulatory care: a population perspective. CMAJ (1998) 1.54
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Flat on your back or back to your flat? Sources of increased hospital services utilization among the elderly in British Columbia. Soc Sci Med (1990) 1.53
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