a column by Jonathan Gruber, Thomas Hoe and George Stoye for VIX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
Emergency departments in hospitals around the world are under pressure to reduce waiting times.
This column analyses the effect of a government target for hospitals in England which mandates a maximum waiting time of four hours. The target successfully reduced waiting times and mortality, but increased costs per patient.
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Wednesday, 22 August 2018
The impact of waiting time targets in emergency departments
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