Waiting to see the specialist: patient and provider characteristics of wait times from primary to specialty care
Conclusions:
Actual wait times for a referral from a FP to seeing a specialist physician are longer than those reported by physician surveys. Wait times from primary to specialty care need to be included in the calculation of surgical and diagnostic wait time benchmarks in Canada.
Source: BMC Family Practice - Category: Primary Care Authors: Liisa JaakkimainenKaren TuJan BarnsleyErin SalkeldHong LuRichard GlazierLiisa Jaakkimainen Source Type: research