In some regards, waiting for each chapter as it comes and enjoying the accumulation of clues as the story – with its red herrings and blue torchlight - unfolds, is the way it was intended to be seen – and perhaps should be consumed.
This result indicates that policies aimed at improving hospital performance as regards waiting lists, must account for both types of investment, namely, monetary budget (flow) and capacity (stock).
In the Builsa district, the insured (68%) regarded waiting times to be too long (p-value = 0.000) as well.
They are identified as item 3 (regarding the quality of power supplied), item 5 (regarding mode of payment of electric bills), item 7 (regarding registration of complaint), item 18 (regarding new electricity connection), item 19 (regarding display of electricity safety lessons), item 20 (regarding fluctuation of voltage), and item 24 (regarding waiting time in queue for bill payment).
Nevertheless, patients in different countries seem to have different tolerance levels regarding waiting times for GP care.
Based on the literature, we also assumed senior citizens to have lower expectations regarding waiting times in the waiting room in comparison with young individuals.
Interestingly, older patients were less demanding regarding waiting time in the waiting room, probably because they were predominantly retired and, as a result, had few time constraints.
Given the known negative impact of local recurrence on survival, mechanisms to ameliorate disparities and policies regarding waiting times for treatment might be warranted.
It would be useful to provide information to parents regarding waiting times and resources they may need to bring when coming into the hospital (Father/004).
Regarding waiting times, 69, 74 and 89 % of respondents chose the options 'short'/'very short' or 'better'/'much better' than expected for time to diagnosis, wait on waiting room, and visit duration, respectively.
The number of selected attributes regarding waiting times, kind of primary care provider and presence of diagnostic facilities, was limited to the three most important factors that emerged [ 38, 39], in order to avoid placing a significant cognitive burden on respondents [ 33].
