Samanburður á viðdvöl fólks á biðlistum eftir aldri og kyni
Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open Objective: The size of waiting lists has traditionally been viewed as a fairly good measure of the quality of health care services. No statistical analysis exists in Iceland of the length of waiting time...
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ftlandspitaliuni:oai:www.hirsla.lsh.is:2336/14511 2023-05-15T16:48:03+02:00 Samanburður á viðdvöl fólks á biðlistum eftir aldri og kyni Gender and age differences in waiting time on hospital waiting list Steinunn Þórðardóttir Matthías Halldórsson Sigurður Guðmundsson 2007-11-09 247591 bytes application/pdf YES http://hdl.handle.net/2336/14511 ICE is ice Læknafélag Íslands, Læknafélag Reykjavíkur http://www.laeknabladid.is Læknablaðið 2002, 88(9):635-9 0023-7213 16940628 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/14511 Læknablaðið Biðlistar Heilbrigðisþjónusta LBL12 Waiting Lists Iceland Statistics Article 2007 ftlandspitaliuni 2022-05-29T08:21:03Z Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open Objective: The size of waiting lists has traditionally been viewed as a fairly good measure of the quality of health care services. No statistical analysis exists in Iceland of the length of waiting times and the potential variation between groups of patients. This study was conducted within the office of the Directorate of Health in Iceland. This location was convenient since standardized information on waiting lists is collected by the office three times a year. Variations in waiting times were studied based on gender on the one hand and on age on the other. Material and method: Data from the largest waiting lists, those amounting to 400 or more patients, were included in the study. The most frequently awaited operations were identified and the groups of people waiting for them analyzed. The departments and prospective operations included in the study were: Dept. of General Surgery at the University Hospital (UH) (laparoscopic gastro-oesophageal antireflux operation), Opthalmology at UH (phakoemulsification with implantation of artificial lens in posterior chamber), Orthopedic Surgery at UH (primary total prosthetic replacement of hip joint using sement), The Rehabilitation Center at Reykjalundur (rehabilitation, not specified), Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) at UH (tonsillectomy), and Reconstructive Surgery at UH (reduction mammoplasty with transposition of areola). The lists were sorted by gender and age, with the latter consisting of two categories, older and younger patients. Every attempt was made as to ensure similar sample sizes for both age groups within each department. Finally, the median waiting time was determined and a Mann-Whitney test conducted in order to test for significance. Results: The median waiting time for males at the General Surgery Dept. was 73 weeks as compared to 60 weeks for females. This was the only department where the median waiting time was significantly longer for males than for ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Hirsla - Landspítali University Hospital research archive Smella ENVELOPE(29.443,29.443,69.896,69.896) |
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Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open Objective: The size of waiting lists has traditionally been viewed as a fairly good measure of the quality of health care services. No statistical analysis exists in Iceland of the length of waiting times and the potential variation between groups of patients. This study was conducted within the office of the Directorate of Health in Iceland. This location was convenient since standardized information on waiting lists is collected by the office three times a year. Variations in waiting times were studied based on gender on the one hand and on age on the other. Material and method: Data from the largest waiting lists, those amounting to 400 or more patients, were included in the study. The most frequently awaited operations were identified and the groups of people waiting for them analyzed. The departments and prospective operations included in the study were: Dept. of General Surgery at the University Hospital (UH) (laparoscopic gastro-oesophageal antireflux operation), Opthalmology at UH (phakoemulsification with implantation of artificial lens in posterior chamber), Orthopedic Surgery at UH (primary total prosthetic replacement of hip joint using sement), The Rehabilitation Center at Reykjalundur (rehabilitation, not specified), Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) at UH (tonsillectomy), and Reconstructive Surgery at UH (reduction mammoplasty with transposition of areola). The lists were sorted by gender and age, with the latter consisting of two categories, older and younger patients. Every attempt was made as to ensure similar sample sizes for both age groups within each department. Finally, the median waiting time was determined and a Mann-Whitney test conducted in order to test for significance. Results: The median waiting time for males at the General Surgery Dept. was 73 weeks as compared to 60 weeks for females. This was the only department where the median waiting time was significantly longer for males than for ... |
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Samanburður á viðdvöl fólks á biðlistum eftir aldri og kyni |
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Samanburður á viðdvöl fólks á biðlistum eftir aldri og kyni |
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Samanburður á viðdvöl fólks á biðlistum eftir aldri og kyni |
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