title: Waiting for coronary angiography: is there a clinically ordered queue?
abstract: Among over 3000 patients undergoing coronary angiography in the absence of a formal queue-management system, we found that a-priori urgency scores were strongly associated with waiting times, prevalence of coronary-artery disease, rate of revascularisation, and mortality. These data challenge the widely held assumption that such waiting lists are not clinically ordered; however, the wide variation in waiting times within urgency categories suggests the need for further improvements in clinical queueing.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hemingway
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Crook
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feder
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Timmis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D014218:Triage; D014850:Waiting Lists