Les limites du financement des soins de sante au Canada ont eu pour effet de rationner les
services en mettant les patients en file d'attente lorsque les ressources medicales fixes n'ont …

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 …

Concern about waiting lists for elective procedures has become a highly visible challenge to
the universal health insurance program in Canada. In response to lengthening queues for …

© 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 …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the waiting period before elective open-heart surgery on
patient outcomes. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: The Montreal Heart Institute, a …

Loop and co-workers, in this issue ofThe Journal (p 63), describe studies in which they have
been able to achieve major savings for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft …

OBJECTIVES: To explore psychological and socioeconomic concerns of patients who
queued for coronary artery bypass surgery and the effectiveness of support existing in one …

I would presume that everyone who provides surgical care in Canada is aware of the
problems posed by restricted resources for surgical services. I have written previous …

* Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.,† Professor
and Head, Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary. Chair of the Western Canada …

Can J Surg, vol. 45, no. 5, October 2002 329 and the family are sitting across the busy
surgeon's desk. Also, patients, many of whom already feel disenfranchised from much health …