Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: The Practice Audit in Gastroenterology (PAGE) Wait Times Program

David Armstrong; Alan NG Barkun; Ying Chen; Sandra Daniels; Roger Hollingworth; Richard H Hunt; Desmond Leddin

doi:10.1155/2008/292948

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2008)

Access to Specialist Gastroenterology Care in Canada: The Practice Audit in Gastroenterology (PAGE) Wait Times Program

David Armstrong,
Alan NG Barkun,
Ying Chen,
Sandra Daniels,
Roger Hollingworth,
Richard H Hunt,
Desmond Leddin

Affiliations

David Armstrong: Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Alan NG Barkun: Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ying Chen: Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sandra Daniels: Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, Oakville, Canada
Roger Hollingworth: Division of Gastroenterology, The Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Richard H Hunt: Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Desmond Leddin: Division of Gastroenterology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/292948
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 2
pp. 155 – 160

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Canadian wait time data are available for the treatment of cancer and heart disease, as well as for joint replacement, cataract surgery and diagnostic imaging procedures. Wait times for gastroenterology consultation and procedures have not been studied, although digestive diseases pose a greater economic burden in Canada than cancer or heart disease.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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