title: Quebec hopes to overcome province's surgical-delay problem.
abstract: The Quebec government has released an action plan for eliminating delays in surgery in the province. One of the main goals is to increase the amount of day surgery, thus reducing the demands on hospitals. While most physician groups appear to support the plan, the Quebec Hospital Association wonders whether the follow-up community care needed to support the day surgery will be available.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011792:Quebec; D012954:Societies, Hospital; D014850:Waiting Lists; D016526:Workload