Evaluation of 32 Priority Guidelines – a System-Wide Intervention on Waiting Time Reduction for Elective Treatment in the Norwegian Specialist Health Service [Internet].

Different measures to reduce waiting time for elective treatment in the Norwegian specialist health service have been in place. In the period from 2008 to 2010 the Norwegian directorate for health introduced 32 priority guidelines to give guided priority to either an outpatient consultation or treatment for 398 conditions, and a specified maximum waiting time. The priority guidelines were developed by 32 national grops of experts under the supervision of the Norwegian Directorate for Health.

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