Figure 10 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Summary 2007-08 for Eastern Health Wait Time Measures for 4 of the 5 National Priority Areas
Service Area
National Benchmark or Internal Target Time Frames
Percentage of cases completed within the target timeframe by quarter (Completion Rate) Q1
Q2
Q3
Total Number of Procedures Performed in 2007-08
Total Number of Procedures Performed in 2006-07
Q4
Cancer Treatment Curative Radiotherapy
Within 4 weeks (28 days)
Surgery :
Target Time Frame of 21 days except Prostate which is 42 days
93%
89%
88%
85%
1606
1309
Breast
St. John’s (21 d) Carbonear (30 d) Clarenville (30 d) Burin (30 d)
74.2% 50% 100% 100%
78 % 100% 100% 100%
84% 100% 100% 100%
79% 50% 100% 100%
186
156 19 13 6
Colorectal
St. John’s (21 d) Carbonear (30 d) Clarenville (30 d) Burin (30 d)
81.2% 85.7% 50% 75%
82% 60% 100% 100%
84% 100% NA* 100%
74% 71% 100% 100%
342
232 23 9 12
Prostate
St. John’s (42 d)
73.9%
71%
77%
61%
104
93
Bladder
St. John’s (21 d)
26.3%
33%
55%
26%
121
120
Lung
St. John’s (21 d)
50%
38%
44%
50%
39
NA**
Coronary Bypass Surgery (CABG)
182 days for Level III equivalent to the OPD CABG patient population
92%
92%
96%
95%
192
210
Cataract
Within 16 weeks (112 days) for patients who are at high risk.
76.1%
82%
74%
78%
2820
2198
Knee Replacement
Within 26 weeks (182 days)
77.5%
71%
69%
67%
328
289
Hip Fracture repair
Within 48 hours from time of ED registration in a St. John’s Hospital
74.6%
59.7%
77%
81%
269
231
* No procedures done in this quarter ** Information not reported in that year
EASTERN REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
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