Amoko D H, Modrow R E, Tan J K
Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Healthc Manage Forum. 1992 Summer;5(2):17-22. doi: 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)61201-X.
In the first of this two-part series, the authors define waiting lists, review the waiting list situation in Canada, discuss factors affecting such lists, outline their desired characteristics and describe the analysis and use of waiting list data. The manner in which lists are compiled results in significant differences which makes the meaning of waiting lists difficult to determine. From the literature reviewed and interviews with various health service executives, the authors show that waiting lists, as compiled today, are not a valid and reliable measure of the extent of unmet demands for hospital care. In Part II, which will be published in the next issue of FORUM, the authors will present the results of an exploratory survey done to determine how waiting lists and times are presently being compiled and used in secondary and tertiary hospitals. These findings will be summarized and compared to the desired characteristics and uses of a waiting list as presented in Part I.
在这个两部分系列文章的第一篇中，作者们定义了等候名单，回顾了加拿大的等候名单情况，讨论了影响这些名单的因素，概述了他们理想中的特征，并描述了等候名单数据的分析与使用。编制名单的方式导致了显著差异，这使得等候名单的含义难以确定。通过回顾文献以及与各类医疗服务管理人员进行访谈，作者们表明，如今编制的等候名单并非衡量医院护理未满足需求程度的有效且可靠的指标。在将发表于下一期《论坛》的第二篇中，作者们将呈现一项探索性调查的结果，该调查旨在确定二级和三级医院目前是如何编制和使用等候名单及等候时间的。这些调查结果将进行总结，并与第一篇中所呈现的等候名单的理想特征及用途进行比较。
