Deaths of patients on the waiting list for cardiac surgery in Ontario are uncommon but they
are more likely among patients waiting for valve surgery than for a coronary artery bypass …

The Provincial Advisory Committee on Cardiovascular Services was established in January
of 1990 to advise concerning these services. One of the first tasks assigned was to monitor …

Two studies into mortality while awaiting cardiac surgery are published in this issue1 2: one
from New Zealand and one from the Netherlands. These countries have long waits for …

Waiting times for important and resource-intensive cardiovascular procedures have become
a popular index for assessing the degree of rationing of medical care that is perceived to …

In the area of bypass surgery, for example, the provinces agreed to benchmarks that vary
according to the level of urgent care required (Level I: within two weeks; Level II: within six …

OBJECTIVE To describe the causes and circumstances of death regarding patients who
died in 1994 and 1995 while on a waiting list for cardiac surgery in the Netherlands …

© 1999 Canadian Medical Association myocardial infarction and hospital admissions than
were evident in older studies. 7–8 Furthermore, deaths that occur in patients waiting for …

Objectives. Polls show that nearly two thirds of Canadians believe that waiting times prior to
surgery have increased in recent years. A study was undertaken in Manitoba to determine …

Background: Limited access to cardiac surgery in the New Zealand makes deaths on the
waiting list for cardiac surgery inevitable. There is very limited published data regarding the …

To determine the factors that influenced doctors' ated symptom reduction, MI risk reduction
and life expectancy extension), had only modest explanatory prioritization and decisions on …