Summary 94 million people are blind or visually impaired globally, and cataract is the most
common cause of blindness worldwide. However, most cases of blindness are avoidable …

Objective Identifying effective strategies to reduce waiting times is a crucial issue in many
areas of health services. Long waiting times for rehabilitation services have been associated …

Prioritizing patients is a growing concern in healthcare. Once resources are limited,
prioritization is considered an effective and viable solution in provision of healthcare …

Chest X-ray (CXR) is one of the most common radiological examinations for both
nonemergent and emergent clinical indications, but human error or lack of prioritization of …

Prioritising elective surgery patients under the Australian three-category system is inherently
subjective due to variability in clinician decision making and the potential for extraneous …

Background The approval of lecanemab, an anti-amyloid therapy for Alzheimer's disease
(AD), necessitates addressing healthcare preparedness for disease-modifying treatment …

In response to unprecedented surges in the demand for hospital care during the SARS-CoV-
2 pandemic, health systems have prioritized patients with COVID-19 to life-saving hospital …

As at August 2022, elective care waiting lists in England stood at 7 million open patient
pathways (NHS England 2022). This figure represents a record number of people1 waiting …

This study uses NHS waiting times and osteoporosis medication community prescription
datasets to assess the impact of COVID-19 on DXA waits and osteoporosis medication …

Background Due to scarce resources and high demand, priority setting in mental health
services is necessary and inevitable. To date, no study has examined priority setting in …