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Combatting health service delays
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous pressures on the health service, and has exacerbated existing delays. In many countries, elective care was suspended, and routine referrals were reduced or stopped. As a result, many health systems are experiencing delays. Extended waiting times negatively impact patients' health and affect their quality of life. They also lengthen recovery time after surgery.
In this collection, we welcome the submission of research articles that address delays in any part of the health care journey, from primary and community care through to emergency services and surgery. Analysis of eHealth, mHealth and digital initiatives to address delays will also be considered.
Articles (24 in this collection)
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Increasing and sustaining discharges by noon – a multi-year process improvement project
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
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Patient experiences and perspectives of health service access for carpal tunnel syndrome in Aotearoa New Zealand: a normalisation process theory-informed qualitative study
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
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Disruption of hospital care during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted socioeconomic groups differently: population based study using routine registration data
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
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Impact of a complex health services intervention in long-term care nursing homes on 3-year overall survival: results from the CoCare study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
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Patient level barriers to accessing TB care services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda, a mixed methods study
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
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Indian Model of Integrated Healthcare (IMIH): a conceptual framework for a coordinated referral system in resource-constrained settings
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
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Factors associated with delay or avoidance of medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia: results from a nationwide survey
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
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Is loneliness associated with cancellation of medical appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS)
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
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Lifting the curtain on the emergency department crisis: a multi-method reception study of Larry Saves the Canadian Healthcare System
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
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Implementation and evaluation of a nurse-led intervention to augment an existing residential aged care facility outreach service with a visual telehealth consultation: stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
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Stroke pathway performance assessment: a retrospective observational study
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
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Obstetric operating room staffing and operating efficiency using queueing theory
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
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A qualitative investigation of uninsured patient and primary care provider perspectives on specialty care eConsults
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
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Learning from the universal, proactive outreach of the Brazilian Community Health Worker model: impact of a Community Health and Wellbeing Worker initiative on vaccination, cancer screening and NHS health check uptake in a deprived community in the UK
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
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An innovative model of access and triage to reduce waiting in an outpatient epilepsy clinic: an intervention study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
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Utilisation of ANC services before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in selected resource-poor blocks of India: role of community health workers in Swabhimaan programme area
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
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Leprosy and tuberculosis control scenario of the national program for the improvement of access and quality of primary care in Brazil
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
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Self-reported delays in care-seeking in West Africa during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
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Influencing factors of nonclinical pharmacists’ willingness to transform: a cross-sectional survey in Xinjiang, China
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
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Rapid start antiretroviral therapies for improved engagement in HIV care: implementation science evaluation protocol
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
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Factors related to the waiting time for scheduling an oral biopsy in Brazil: a multilevel analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
