ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)1997
The New Zealand priority criteria project. Part 2: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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- Assessing the cost effectiveness of using prognostic biomarkers with decision models: case study in prioritising patients waiting for coronary artery surgery.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2010Article
- Are coronary angiograms of value in the risk stratification of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery?Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2009Article
- Waiting for surgery from the patient perspective.Psychology research and behavior management · 2009Article
- Triage for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Canada: do patients agree on who should come first?BMC health services research · 2007Article
- Variations in clinical decision-making between cardiologists and cardiac surgeons; a case for management by multidisciplinary teams?Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2006Article
- Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) Glu504Lys polymorphism contributes to the variation in efficacy of sublingual nitroglycerin.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2006Article
- The Chaoulli challenge: getting a grip on waiting lists.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2005Article
- Priority setting in surgery: improve the process and share the learning.World journal of surgery · 2003Article
- The risks of waiting for cardiac catheterization: a prospective study.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2002Article
- Equity in access to exercise tolerance testing, coronary angiography, and coronary artery bypass grafting by age, sex and clinical indications.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2001Article
- Waiting for medical services in Canada: lots of heat, but little light.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2000Article
- Parsonnet score is a good predictor of the duration of intensive care unit stay following cardiac surgery.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2000Article
- Death on the waiting list for cardiac surgery in The Netherlands in 1994 and 1995.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 1999Article
- Waiting times and prioritization for coronary artery bypass surgery in New Zealand.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 1999Article
- Priority points and cardiac events while waiting for coronary bypass surgery.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 1999Article
- Insider view of rationing down under.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1998Article
- Rationing and the health authority.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1998Article
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Abstract
Priority criteria developed during a national project were used to conduct an audit of all 662 patients on waiting lists for coronary artery bypass surgery in New Zealand during spring 1996. Based on the observed distribution of priority scores, the cost of providing surgery to all patients down to various levels of priority was estimated. Descriptions incorporating life expectancy and quality of life implications of surgery were developed of the kinds of patients who would or would not receive surgery at each of several possible funding levels. Cardiologists and cardiac surgeons agreed that a threshold of 25 points was a reasonable clinical goal but to work with a threshold of 35, which can be sustained with current levels of funding. All agree that the gap between these clinically preferred and currently afforded thresholds is a subject for wider societal dialogue and decision. The ability to measure the size of the gap between clinical desirability and financial sustainability provides a new transparency to the problem of healthcare resource allocation.
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