Looking at the reference model for fast-track (cancer suspected) referral, namely, the English National Health Service's Two Week Rule (TWR NHS Executiveve, 1999), differences will be observed between this and Catalonia's experience in certain aspects.
But winning congressional approval for fast track is looking difficult.
The Bush administration is pushing hard for fast track, now renamed "trade-promotion authority".
"The government should embrace them as they are great for fast track and other core services".
Algeria, Libya and Morocco apply for fast-track membership.
Mr Bush barely won initial congressional approval for fast-track.
I've enrolled for fast-track mahout training.
Thereafter they will be eligible for fast-track promotion and higher pay, rather like fast-stream civil servants.
The cost of motherhood is particularly steep for fast-track women.
Delaying the decision about patient suitability for fast-track treatment until the end of surgery may also contribute to reducing the incidence of fast-track failures.
We carefully selected fast-track patients at the end of surgery following the criteria identified as risk factors for fast-track failure [ 1, 17, 18].
