Unintended consequences of the 18-week referral to treatment standard in NHS England: a threshold analysis.
Abstract
A retrospective observational study of publicly available data examined waiting times for patients on the waiting list. We examined trust performance against the 92% target by financial year, from 2015/16 to 2021/22, using Cattaneo et al's manipulation density test (test for discontinuity/spike in data around target threshold) for all patients and by type of treatment.
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Date
2023-09-05
Type
Article
Subject
Health services. Management
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Citation
Quinn L, Bird P, Remsing S, Reeves K, Lilford R. Unintended consequences of the 18-week referral to treatment standard in NHS England: a threshold analysis. BMJ Qual Saf. 2023 Sep 5:bmjqs-2023-015949. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-015949. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37669876.
Journal / Source Title
BMJ Quality & Safety
DOI
10.1136/bmjqs-2023-015949
PMID
37669876
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Publisher’s URL
https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/qhc/early/2023/07/28/bmjqs-2023-015949.full.pdf