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Making the incomparable comparable: Calibrating patient prioritisation tools for independent surgical procedures onto a common scale

2026-07-27

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Long waiting times for elective surgery remain a persistent challenge in public health systems. Patient prioritisation tools (PPTs) aim to support equitable decision-making by scoring patients based on clinical and non-clinical factors. However, these tools are often developed independently for specific procedures, resulting in non-comparable scores that hinder consistent prioritisation and risk violating the prin...

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Literature Corpus work: 6044ba85-9332-5d4a-9652-b70b10ad1bc5
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.23.26358834

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