title: The effect of the waiting times on the patient pathways for patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
abstract: The paper describes the investigation of the Hungarian public administrative health databases with the aim to identify hidden correspondences in the patients' evaluation pathways for patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). In our current work we investigated the effect of the waiting times of invasive and non-invasive investigations in the evaluation pathways of patients with suspected CAD. We found a considerable correlation between waiting times and the further course of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Medical Informatics R&D Center, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary.
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Király
authors.affiliation: Medical Informatics R&D Center, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary.
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kósa
authors.affiliation: Medical Informatics R&D Center, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary.
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vassányi
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012042:Registries; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015996:Survival Rate; D014850:Waiting Lists / Q000401:mortality*