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Waiting time care guarantees: necessity or nemesis?

N P Joshi1, F T Noseworthy, T W Noseworthy

  • 1Health and Society Program, University of Calgary.

Healthcare Management Forum
|October 5, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Governments in Canada are exploring waiting time care guarantees to improve healthcare access. While beneficial, careful consideration of clinical, legal, and political factors is crucial before implementation to ensure promises can be kept.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Policy
  • Healthcare Management
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Reducing long healthcare waiting times is a key government priority in Canada.
  • Waiting time care guarantees are being considered to improve timely access to health services.
  • Such guarantees reinforce the social contract between the healthcare system and the public.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the implications of introducing waiting time care guarantees in Canada.
  • To examine international experiences with waiting time care guarantees.
  • To assess the feasibility and potential benefits of such policies.

Main Methods:

  • Review of government priorities in Canada regarding healthcare.
  • Analysis of the concept of waiting time care guarantees.
  • Examination of international case studies and lessons learned.

Main Results:

  • Waiting time care guarantees can affirm the healthcare system's social contract and provide patient entitlements.
  • International examples demonstrate that waiting time care guarantees can be effective policy.
  • Successful implementation requires careful management of clinical, legal, and political implications.

Conclusions:

  • Waiting time care guarantees are a potentially valuable policy for improving timely healthcare access in Canada.
  • Careful planning and management are essential to ensure these guarantees are deliverable and sustainable.
  • Learning from international experiences is vital to avoid overpromising and under-delivering.