Prolonged wait time is associated with increased mortality for Chilean waiting list patients with non-prioritized conditions

Martínez et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7d057ec32c73b01ae2c63 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6526-6

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