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WAIT TIMES WEBSITES
The Canadian Hospital Reporting Project is an online resource that provides a series of 21 clinical indicators (with risk-adjusted rates) and 9 financial indicators that allows hospitals to compare their performance against those of their peers and to learn from leading practices.
It is a national quality improvement initiative providing hospital decision-makers, policy-makers and all Canadians with access to results from over 600 facilities within Canada (Canadian Institute for Health Information).
Canadian Institute for Health Information. (n.d.). Performance. Retrieved from http://www.cihi.ca/CIHI-ext-portal/internet/EN/TabbedContent/health+system+performance/indicators/performance/cihi010657?WT.ac=chrp_hsp_promo_20120404_e
The Wait Times tool allows the user to select the province of their choice and a procedure. Information about the time in which 50% of patients waiting for that particular surgery were treated and the time in which 90% of patients were treated are displayed. Trends over past years are also shown.This data can be compared to the other provinces directly on the website.
Canadian Institute for Health Information. (2012). Wait times. Retrieved from http://waittimes.cihi.ca/
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