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. 2004 Feb 3;170(3):354-5.

Death on the waiting list for cardiac surgery

Gerry B Hill  1
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Death on the waiting list for cardiac surgery

Gerry B Hill. CMAJ. .
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Fig. 1: A compartment model of a waiting list. N = the number of patients accepted for surgery each year, Q = the number waiting for surgery at any given time, S = the number who undergo surgery each year, m = the death rate per person-year among those waiting for surgery, D = the number of deaths each year among those awaiting surgery.
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  • Flawed analysis, implausible results--move on.
    Naylor CD, Sinclair M, Tibshirani R. Naylor CD, et al. CMAJ. 2004 Feb 3;170(3):357-8. CMAJ. 2004. PMID: 14757673 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Queuing for cardiac surgery.
    Neary JD. Neary JD. CMAJ. 2004 Jun 22;170(13):1893, 1895; author reply 1895. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1040290. CMAJ. 2004. PMID: 15210624 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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