Access can be difficult for those with dementia, as key symptoms of the disease are not weighted as priorities in the assessment process.
Benefit was calculated as the difference in time weighted by priority score between operating according to waiting time or to priority.
Well-being weighted by priority as just specified is sometimes called "weighted well-being".
Specifically, the key objective is to assign transmission opportunities in absolute accordance to the weighted traffic priority and the packet arrival rate of each individual flow.
The analyses were based not only on the waiting time weighted by priority score, but also on the raw waiting time of patients.
To measure the impact of waiting in accordance with patient's need, the waiting time weighted by priority score was used.
The waiting time weighted by priority score saved by the prioritization system varied from 1.12 months (95% CI 1.07; 1.16) in Andalusia to 2.73 months (95% CI 2.67; 2.80) in Aragon.
As the impact of the time waited depends on the level of need, the measure of results used as the main outcome was waiting time weighted by priority score, which can be interpreted as the time that a patient waits, due to the waiting list, weighted by his/her need for surgery.
When the prioritization system was applied, the mean waiting time was reduced to 0.73 months weighted by priority score (95% CI 0.68; 0.78) in the Basque Country (lowest value) and 5.63 months (95% CI 5.57; 5.69) in the Canary Islands (highest value), Table 3.
When the prioritization system was applied, the mean waiting time was reduced to a minimum of 0.73 months weighted by priority score (95% CI 0.68; 0.78) in the Basque Country and a maximum of 5.63 months (95% CI 5.57; 5.69) in the Canary Islands.
