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Wait Times and Patient Care Guarantees

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access to care, wait times, patient care, Emergency department, overcrowding
February 2012
Access to Care | Policy Statement
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Doctors of BC Position: Wait times continue to be an issue of significant concern in the BC health system. In order to guarantee patient care, Doctors of BC supports treating patients within established wait time benchmarks for key services and/or procedures, and this should be supported by the option to use another public or private facility if needed to meet the benchmark.

Emergency Department Overcrowding Policy Statement

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access to care, wait times, patient care, Emergency department, overcrowding overcapacity,
July 2011
Access to Care | Policy Statement
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Doctors of BC Position: Doctors of BC encourages the provincial government to mitigate emergency department wait times and overcrowding, by considering measures such as establishing maximum length of stay benchmarks, overcapacity protocols, bed optimization strategies, and expanding availability of functional acute care beds.