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Early death after cancer surgery is higher in countries with low 5 hospital facilities — ultrasound, CT scanner, critical care unit, opioid analgesia, and oncologist.
This is an excerpt of the publication below, with the title above. Effects of hospital facilities on patient…
In the first COVID-19 waves at least 21 million elective cancer operations were cancelled globally (Oct, 2021)
Of eligible patients awaiting surgery 10·0% did not receive surgery after 23 weeks, due to COVID-19 Patients who experienced…
Ontario´s surgical backlog will take more than 3 years and $ 1,3 billion to clear.
More than 2,000 patients in Canada died while waiting for medical care in 2020 In Ontario, the province’s Financial…
To tackle the backlog, we need to transform how we wait for surgery (UK view)
The BMJ Opinion — British Medical JournalJugdeep Dhesi; Lisa PlotkinApril 15, 2021 Key messages: The Institute for Public Policy Research…