This evaluation found users of the national collections for elective surgery waiting times regarded the data as highly useful and highly important. It recommends collections continue, and coverage be improved to increase the proportion of public elective surgery episodes included in the collections. The report also recommends work to clarify what constitutes elective surgery and which types of surgery should be included
Notes
"April 2009"
"AIHW cat. no. HSE 70"
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-102)
Notes
Funding for the evaluation was provided by Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council through the Statistical Information Management Committee