Wait time guarantees not likely to reduce waits for joint replacement surgery
Significant increases in surgical capacity or diverting patients to other jurisdictions are the best ways to deal with excessive wait times for hip and knee replacement surgery — a leading symbol of underfunding in Canada’s health-care system. Politically popular strategies, such as wait time guarantees, are not likely to have much impact, according to a new study by the University of Western Ontario, Massachusetts General Hospital and Cornell University.
More: continued here