A review of studies on priority evaluation of patient admission_West China Medical Journal

Authors：

SHEN Wenwu ¹ ,  LIAO Chengcheng ² , LIU Hong ¹ , LUO Li ² , LI Jialing ²

1. Outpatient Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
2. Business School of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;

Corresponding author：

LIAO Chengcheng, Email: gillian911911@icloud.com

Keywords：

Priority evaluation of patient admission; Hospital management; Hierarchical medical system

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10.7507/1002-0179.201805189

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Patient priority evaluation has been studied and applied abroad for a long time, which is a mature theory and widely used in practice now. This article uses the priority, patients, waiting list and criteria as keywords to search Wiley Inter Science, Web of Science, Scopus Pub Med, The Cochrane Library, Science Direct, Springer, and Jstor database (searching time is up to December 2017), to collect relevant indicators for patient admission priority evaluation. In addition, relevant citations and grey literature were searched, and experts from relevant fields in China were consulted to obtain more comprehensive research literature. On this basis, this article describes the concept of patient admission priority evaluation, and describes the meanings of the indicators and the countries of application from the three dimensions of clinical indicators, expected results, and social factors. It is considered that the research and implementation of the evaluation of the priority of patient admission has been relatively many. However, there are only a few related researches in the country and without unity. There is no systematic patient-related priority evaluation. It is necessary to use foreign mature theory research to establish a hospital admission priority evaluation system suitable for China’s national conditions.

Citation： SHEN Wenwu, LIAO Chengcheng, LIU Hong, LUO Li, LI Jialing. A review of studies on priority evaluation of patient admission. West China Medical Journal, 2018, 33(12): 1568-1572. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201805189 Copy

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2.	Hansen P, Hendry A, Naden R, et al. A new process for creating points systems for prioritising patients for elective health services. Clin Gov, 2012, 17(3): 200-209.
3.	Lum M, Fitzgerald A. Dialogues for negotiating priorities in unplanned emergency surgical queues//Iedema R. The discourse of hospital communication. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007: 90-108.
4.	Arnett G, Hadorn DC, Steering Committee of the Western Canada Waiting List Project. Developing priority criteria for hip and knee replacement: results from the Western Canada Waiting List Project. Can J Surg, 2003, 46(4): 290-296.
5.	Rohmer L. Waiting list priorities in the family agency. J Jewish Comm Serv, 1956, 33(1): 62-66.
6.	Fricker J. BMA proposes strategy to reformulate waiting lists. BMJ, 1999, 318(7176): 78.
7.	Halliwell T. How fair is cataract prioritization. N Z Med J, 1998, 111(1076): 405-407.
8.	Badakhshan A, Arab M, Gholipour M, et al. Heart surgery waiting time: assessing the effectiveness of an action. Iran Red Crescent Med J, 2015, 17(8): e24851.
9.	Dennett ER, Kipping RR, Parry BR, et al. Priority access criteria for elective cholecystectomy: a comparison of three scoring methods. N Z Med J, 1998, 111(1068): 231-233.
10.	Seddon ME, French JK, Amos DJ, et al. Waiting times and prioritisation for coronary artery bypass surgery in New Zealand. Heart, 1999, 81(6): 586-592.
11.	Noseworthy TW, Mcgurran JJ, Hadorn DC. Waiting for scheduled services in Canada: development of priority-setting scoring systems. J Eval Clin Pract, 2003, 9(1): 23-31.
12.	Hadorn DC. Setting priorities for waiting lists: defining our terms. Steering Committee of the Western Canada Waiting List Project. CMAJ, 2000, 163(7): 857-860.
13.	Ryan M, Scott DA, Reeves C, et al. Eliciting public preferences for healthcare: a systematic review of techniques. Health Technol Assess, 2001, 5(5): 1-186.
14.	Edwards RT. Points for pain: waiting list priority scoring systems. BMJ, 1999, 318(7181): 412-414.
15.	Rodriguez-Miguez E, Herrero C, Pinto-Prades JL. Using a point system in the management of waiting lists: the case of cataracts. Soc Sci Med, 2004, 59(3): 585-594.
16.	Lundström M, Wejde G, Stenevi U, et al. Endophthalmitis after cataract surgery: a nationwide prospective study evaluating incidence in relation to incision type and location. Ophthalmology, 2007, 114(5): 866-870.
17.	Wong VW, Lai TY, Lam PT, et al. Prioritization of cataract surgery: visual analogue scale versus scoring system. ANZ J Surg, 2005, 75(7): 587-592.
18.	Fantini MP, Negro A, Accorsi S, et al. Development and assessment of a priority score for cataract surgery. Can J Ophthalmol, 2004, 39(1): 48-55.
19.	Lundström M, Albrecht S, Håkansson I, et al. NIKE: a new clinical tool for establishing levels of indications for cataract surgery. Acta Ophthalmol Scand, 2006, 84(4): 495-501.
20.	Dent TH, Cunningham SL, Hook WE, et al. The MODEL project: a scoring system to manage demand for cataract and joint replacement surgery. Br J Gen Pract, 2001, 51(472): 917-919.
21.	Las Hayas C, González N, Aguirre U, et al. Can an appropriateness evaluation tool be used to prioritize patients on a waiting list for cataract extraction?. Health Policy, 2010, 95(2/3): 194-203.
22.	Weingessel B, Richter-Mueksch S, Vécsei-Marlovits PV. Which factors influence patients’ maximum acceptable waiting time for cataract surgery? A questionnaire survey. Acta Ophthalmol, 2011, 89(3): e231-e236.
23.	Cassard SD, Patrick DL, Damiano AM, et al. Reproducibility and responsiveness of the VF-14. An index of functional impairment in patients with cataracts. Arch Ophthalmol, 1995, 113(12): 1508-1513.
24.	Escobar A, Maria Quintana J, Espallargues MA, et al. Different hip and knee priority score systems: are they good for the same thing?. J Eval Clin Pract, 2010, 16(5): 940-946.
25.	Sampietro-Colom L, Espallargues M, Rodriguez E, et al. Wide social participation in prioritizing patients on waiting lists for joint replacement: a conjoint analysis. Med Decis Making, 2008, 28(4): 554-566.
26.	Mariotto A, De Leo D, Buono MD, et al. Will elderly patients stand aside for younger patients in the queue for cardiac services?. Lancet, 1999, 354(9177): 467-470.
27.	Jackson NW, Doogue MP, Elliott JM. Priority points and cardiac events while waiting for coronary bypass surgery. Heart, 1999, 81(4): 367-373.
28.	Witt J, Scott A, Osborne RH. Designing choice experiments with many attributes. An application to setting priorities for orthopaedic waiting lists. Health Econ, 2009, 18(6): 681-696.
29.	Hadorn DC, Holmes AC. The New Zealand priority criteria project. Part 2: coronary artery bypass graft surgery. BMJ, 1997, 314(7074): 135-138.
30.	Curtis AJ, Wolfe R, Russell CO, et al. Prioritizing patients for prostatectomy: balancing clinical and psychosocial factors. ANZ J Surg, 2007, 77(3): 112-117.
31.	Rahimi SA , Jamshidi A, Ruiz A, et al. Multi-criteria decision making approaches to prioritize surgical patients//Matta A, Sahin E, Li JS, et al. Health Care systems engineering for scientists and practitioners. Lyon: Springer International Publishing, 2016: 25-34.
32.	MacCormick AD, Collecutt WG, Parry BR. Prioritizing patients for elective surgery: a systematic review. ANZ J Surg, 2003, 73(8): 633-642.
33.	MacCormick A, Macmillan A, Parry B. Identification of criteria for the prioritisation of patients for elective general surgery. J Health Serv Res Policy, 2004, 9(1): 28-33.
34.	Taylor MC, Hadorn DC, Steering Committee of the Western Canada Waiting List Project. Developing priority criteria for general surgery: results from the Western Canada Waiting List Project. Can J Surg, 2002, 45(5): 351-357.
35.	Maccormick AD, Tan CP, Parry BR. Priority assessment of patients for elective general surgery: game on?. ANZ J Surg, 2004, 74(3): 143-145.
36.	Solans-Domènech M, Adam P, Tebé C, et al. Developing a universal tool for the prioritization of patients waiting for elective surgery. Health Policy, 2013, 113(1/2): 118-126.
37.	Maccormick AD, Collecutt WG, Parry BR. Prioritizing patients for elective surgery: a systematic review. ANZ J Surg, 2003, 73(8): 633-642.
38.	Derrett S, Devlin N, Hansen P, et al. Prioritizing patients for elective surgery - a prospective study of clinical priority assessment criteria in New Zealand. Int J Technol Assess Health Care, 2003, 19(1): 91-105.
39.	Oudhoff JP, Timmermans D, Knol D, et al. Prioritising patients on surgical waiting lists: a conjoint analysis study on the priority judgements of patients, surgeons, occupational physicians, and general practitioners. Soc Sci Med, 2007, 64(9): 1863-1875.
40.	Mcleod D, Morgan S, Mckinlay E, et al. Clinicians’ reported use of clinical priority assessment criteria and their attitudes to prioritization for elective surgery: a cross-sectional survey. ANZ J Surg, 2004, 74(11): 1003-1009.
41.	Allepuz A, Espallargues M, Martínez O, et al. Criteria for prioritising patients on surgical waiting lists in the National Health System. Rev Calid Asist, 2009, 24(5): 185-191.
42.	Siddins MT, Boland J, Mathews B, et al. Achieving waiting list reform: a pilot program integrating waiting time, category and patient factors. Aust Health Rev, 2012, 36(3): 248-253.

1. 申文武. 从外循环到内循环破解出入院服务困局. 现代医院管理, 2017, 15(1): 2-4.
2. Hansen P, Hendry A, Naden R, et al. A new process for creating points systems for prioritising patients for elective health services. Clin Gov, 2012, 17(3): 200-209.
3. Lum M, Fitzgerald A. Dialogues for negotiating priorities in unplanned emergency surgical queues//Iedema R. The discourse of hospital communication. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007: 90-108.
4. Arnett G, Hadorn DC, Steering Committee of the Western Canada Waiting List Project. Developing priority criteria for hip and knee replacement: results from the Western Canada Waiting List Project. Can J Surg, 2003, 46(4): 290-296.
5. Rohmer L. Waiting list priorities in the family agency. J Jewish Comm Serv, 1956, 33(1): 62-66.
6. Fricker J. BMA proposes strategy to reformulate waiting lists. BMJ, 1999, 318(7176): 78.
7. Halliwell T. How fair is cataract prioritization. N Z Med J, 1998, 111(1076): 405-407.
8. Badakhshan A, Arab M, Gholipour M, et al. Heart surgery waiting time: assessing the effectiveness of an action. Iran Red Crescent Med J, 2015, 17(8): e24851.
9. Dennett ER, Kipping RR, Parry BR, et al. Priority access criteria for elective cholecystectomy: a comparison of three scoring methods. N Z Med J, 1998, 111(1068): 231-233.
10. Seddon ME, French JK, Amos DJ, et al. Waiting times and prioritisation for coronary artery bypass surgery in New Zealand. Heart, 1999, 81(6): 586-592.
11. Noseworthy TW, Mcgurran JJ, Hadorn DC. Waiting for scheduled services in Canada: development of priority-setting scoring systems. J Eval Clin Pract, 2003, 9(1): 23-31.
12. Hadorn DC. Setting priorities for waiting lists: defining our terms. Steering Committee of the Western Canada Waiting List Project. CMAJ, 2000, 163(7): 857-860.
13. Ryan M, Scott DA, Reeves C, et al. Eliciting public preferences for healthcare: a systematic review of techniques. Health Technol Assess, 2001, 5(5): 1-186.
14. Edwards RT. Points for pain: waiting list priority scoring systems. BMJ, 1999, 318(7181): 412-414.
15. Rodriguez-Miguez E, Herrero C, Pinto-Prades JL. Using a point system in the management of waiting lists: the case of cataracts. Soc Sci Med, 2004, 59(3): 585-594.
16. Lundström M, Wejde G, Stenevi U, et al. Endophthalmitis after cataract surgery: a nationwide prospective study evaluating incidence in relation to incision type and location. Ophthalmology, 2007, 114(5): 866-870.
17. Wong VW, Lai TY, Lam PT, et al. Prioritization of cataract surgery: visual analogue scale versus scoring system. ANZ J Surg, 2005, 75(7): 587-592.
18. Fantini MP, Negro A, Accorsi S, et al. Development and assessment of a priority score for cataract surgery. Can J Ophthalmol, 2004, 39(1): 48-55.
19. Lundström M, Albrecht S, Håkansson I, et al. NIKE: a new clinical tool for establishing levels of indications for cataract surgery. Acta Ophthalmol Scand, 2006, 84(4): 495-501.
20. Dent TH, Cunningham SL, Hook WE, et al. The MODEL project: a scoring system to manage demand for cataract and joint replacement surgery. Br J Gen Pract, 2001, 51(472): 917-919.
21. Las Hayas C, González N, Aguirre U, et al. Can an appropriateness evaluation tool be used to prioritize patients on a waiting list for cataract extraction?. Health Policy, 2010, 95(2/3): 194-203.
22. Weingessel B, Richter-Mueksch S, Vécsei-Marlovits PV. Which factors influence patients’ maximum acceptable waiting time for cataract surgery? A questionnaire survey. Acta Ophthalmol, 2011, 89(3): e231-e236.
23. Cassard SD, Patrick DL, Damiano AM, et al. Reproducibility and responsiveness of the VF-14. An index of functional impairment in patients with cataracts. Arch Ophthalmol, 1995, 113(12): 1508-1513.
24. Escobar A, Maria Quintana J, Espallargues MA, et al. Different hip and knee priority score systems: are they good for the same thing?. J Eval Clin Pract, 2010, 16(5): 940-946.
25. Sampietro-Colom L, Espallargues M, Rodriguez E, et al. Wide social participation in prioritizing patients on waiting lists for joint replacement: a conjoint analysis. Med Decis Making, 2008, 28(4): 554-566.
26. Mariotto A, De Leo D, Buono MD, et al. Will elderly patients stand aside for younger patients in the queue for cardiac services?. Lancet, 1999, 354(9177): 467-470.
27. Jackson NW, Doogue MP, Elliott JM. Priority points and cardiac events while waiting for coronary bypass surgery. Heart, 1999, 81(4): 367-373.
28. Witt J, Scott A, Osborne RH. Designing choice experiments with many attributes. An application to setting priorities for orthopaedic waiting lists. Health Econ, 2009, 18(6): 681-696.
29. Hadorn DC, Holmes AC. The New Zealand priority criteria project. Part 2: coronary artery bypass graft surgery. BMJ, 1997, 314(7074): 135-138.
30. Curtis AJ, Wolfe R, Russell CO, et al. Prioritizing patients for prostatectomy: balancing clinical and psychosocial factors. ANZ J Surg, 2007, 77(3): 112-117.
31. Rahimi SA , Jamshidi A, Ruiz A, et al. Multi-criteria decision making approaches to prioritize surgical patients//Matta A, Sahin E, Li JS, et al. Health Care systems engineering for scientists and practitioners. Lyon: Springer International Publishing, 2016: 25-34.
32. MacCormick AD, Collecutt WG, Parry BR. Prioritizing patients for elective surgery: a systematic review. ANZ J Surg, 2003, 73(8): 633-642.
33. MacCormick A, Macmillan A, Parry B. Identification of criteria for the prioritisation of patients for elective general surgery. J Health Serv Res Policy, 2004, 9(1): 28-33.
34. Taylor MC, Hadorn DC, Steering Committee of the Western Canada Waiting List Project. Developing priority criteria for general surgery: results from the Western Canada Waiting List Project. Can J Surg, 2002, 45(5): 351-357.
35. Maccormick AD, Tan CP, Parry BR. Priority assessment of patients for elective general surgery: game on?. ANZ J Surg, 2004, 74(3): 143-145.
36. Solans-Domènech M, Adam P, Tebé C, et al. Developing a universal tool for the prioritization of patients waiting for elective surgery. Health Policy, 2013, 113(1/2): 118-126.
37. Maccormick AD, Collecutt WG, Parry BR. Prioritizing patients for elective surgery: a systematic review. ANZ J Surg, 2003, 73(8): 633-642.
38. Derrett S, Devlin N, Hansen P, et al. Prioritizing patients for elective surgery - a prospective study of clinical priority assessment criteria in New Zealand. Int J Technol Assess Health Care, 2003, 19(1): 91-105.
39. Oudhoff JP, Timmermans D, Knol D, et al. Prioritising patients on surgical waiting lists: a conjoint analysis study on the priority judgements of patients, surgeons, occupational physicians, and general practitioners. Soc Sci Med, 2007, 64(9): 1863-1875.
40. Mcleod D, Morgan S, Mckinlay E, et al. Clinicians’ reported use of clinical priority assessment criteria and their attitudes to prioritization for elective surgery: a cross-sectional survey. ANZ J Surg, 2004, 74(11): 1003-1009.
41. Allepuz A, Espallargues M, Martínez O, et al. Criteria for prioritising patients on surgical waiting lists in the National Health System. Rev Calid Asist, 2009, 24(5): 185-191.
42. Siddins MT, Boland J, Mathews B, et al. Achieving waiting list reform: a pilot program integrating waiting time, category and patient factors. Aust Health Rev, 2012, 36(3): 248-253.

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