Wait Times for Bypass Surgery
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
This indicator provides the number of days between the date the patient and the appropriate physician agreed to a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and the patient was ready to receive it, and the date the patient received a planned CABG. 50th percentile: Half of all patients waited this many days before receiving care. 90th percentile: 1 out of 10 patients waited this many days or more before receiving care.
Numerator
50th percentile: Half of all patients waited this many days before receiving care. 90th percentile: 1 out of 10 patients waited this many days or more before receiving care.
Denominator
Number of adults who received a planned knee replacement.
Exclusions
Emergency cases, days when patient was unavailable, abandoned and revision procedures, CABG with any valve procedure or concomitant procedure.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By province/territory.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Provincial Wait Times Registry
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Available online: www.cihi.ca/en/explore-wait-times-for-priority-procedures-across-canada