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Effect of socioeconomic status on wait times for patients undergoing treatment for laryngeal conditions in a universal healthcare system

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As one of the world's only fully publicly administered, universal healthcare systems, Canada intends to provide equitable access to services for all patients. Socioeconomic status (SES) can affect treatment wait… Click to show full abstract

As one of the world's only fully publicly administered, universal healthcare systems, Canada intends to provide equitable access to services for all patients. Socioeconomic status (SES) can affect treatment wait times with implications on health outcomes; however, this has not been evaluated in the setting of laryngeal disease, which incorporates urgent and elective conditions, in a universal healthcare system. This study aims to identify whether SES‐affected treatment wait times for laryngeal therapies in this system.

Keywords: system; universal healthcare; socioeconomic status; treatment; wait times

Journal Title: Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology
Year Published: 2022

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