Challenges to ensuring valid and useful waiting time monitoring - a qualitative study in Swedish specialist care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to health care is an essential health policy issue. In several countries, waiting time guarantees mandate set time limits for assessment and treatment. High-quality waiting time data are necessary to evaluate and improve waiting times. This study's aim was to investigate health care providers and administrative management professionals' perceptions of validity and usefulness of waiting time reporting in specialist care.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews (n = 28) were conducted with administrative management and care professionals (line managers and care providers) in specialized clinics in the Stockholm Region, Sweden. Clinic-specific data from the waiting time registry was used in the care provider interviews to assess face validity. Clinics were purposef

SUBMITTER: Ebbevi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8478272 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature