Addressing backlogs and managing waiting lists during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.
by van Ginneken, Ewout; Reed, Sarah; Siciliani, Luigi; Eriksen, Astrid; Schlepper, Laura; Tille, Florian; Zapata, Tomas.European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe; Nuffield Trust.
Series: Policy brief ; 47.Publisher: WHO ROE, Copenhagen : 2022.Description: 28p.ISSN: 19978073.Summary: Postponement of non-emergency procedures to keep capacity available for Covid-19 patients, and to avoid infections, has led to backlogs of care in virtually all countries. As each delay in diagnosis and treatment may worsen health prospects, health systems have sought to understand and address the extent of the backlogs and their drivers. This briefing sets out the drivers that can increase the backlog and those that can decrease the backlog. .Subject(s): elective admissions | waiting lists | waiting list reductions | patient waiting time | demand management | health systems | Covid-19 | pandemics | EuropeDigital copyAvailability: Online access | Online access Note: ; European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies publications. List(s) this item appears in: Covid-19: health and social care recovery in England [January 2023]
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Postponement of non-emergency procedures to keep capacity available for Covid-19 patients, and to avoid infections, has led to backlogs of care in virtually all countries. As each delay in diagnosis and treatment may worsen health prospects, health systems have sought to understand and address the extent of the backlogs and their drivers. This briefing sets out the drivers that can increase the backlog and those that can decrease the backlog.
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