ReviewCureus2025
Economic Benefits of Reduced Waiting Times for Elective Surgeries: A Systematic Literature Review.
Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Ethical aspects of waiting lists in neurosurgery.Acta neurochirurgica · 2026Review
- Preoperative waiting time and no-show risk in day surgery: a large-scale cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Cost Utility Modeling of Reducing Waiting Times for Elective Surgical Interventions: Case Study of Egyptian Initiative.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
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Abstract
This systematic literature review aims to explore studies that assess the cost-effectiveness of reducing waiting times in elective surgeries. We conducted a systematic search of the MEDLINE/PubMed and Embase/Scopus electronic databases on March 12, 2024. Eligibility criteria included elective surgery and economic evaluation of waiting times, while transplantation surgery procedures were excluded. Due to the anticipated heterogeneity of the studies, the review was presented in a narrative synthesis format. Nine articles met the inclusion criteria, covering elective surgery procedures in the musculoskeletal system (four articles), cardiovascular system (two articles), ophthalmic system (one article), and gastrointestinal tract (two articles). The evidence from this review suggests that reducing waiting times in elective surgery is highly cost-effective and often cost-saving. While it may be argued that accounting for specific elective surgeries and specific countries limits the generalizability of the findings, the review provides quantitative evidence that supports the value of reducing waiting times.
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