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Health Care Waiting Lists: Analysis Shows Surge in Cup Bookings and Demand for Exams

The number of requests for Cup bookings (first diagram on the left) and the number of bookings made

«The exam will be at the Cup in two months» or «I have to travel an hour for the trip». If you have ever said or heard similar phrases, maybe this article could give you an answer, certainly faster than the one you got from CUP Why are there health care waiting lists? The reason is explained by the graphs created by the ARS (Regional Health Agency) which correctly focus on the heart of the tickets: the Cup If you think that the Cup, with these waiting lists, works more less than before, the data says you’re wrong. Two years were compared, 2019 (because it was the one immediately before Covid) and 2023 (obviously because it was the closest). Between the two years, one figure shows: 33 percent more bookings made with the Cup It means that the third place was booked last year in the Marche region compared to 5 a year ago. But there are waiting lists. Yes, because with the increase in tickets, the demand to take exams has increased significantly: more than 38% from 2019 to 2023. In numbers: in 2019 the requests for a place organized at the Cup 1 million and 574 thousand. In 2023 2 million 168 thousand. Reservation: from 1 million and 412 thousand (2019) to one million and 883 thousand.

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The comparison between the first three months of 2019 and the first quarter of 2024

Numbers that go up even more if you compare the first three months of 2024 with the first three months of 2019. Here you can see that this year the Cup has doubled the number of tickets compared to 5 years ago : more than 51%. However, against an explosion in the demand for tickets: 65% more this year compared to 5 years ago. Demand for tickets is reported not due to the Marche region but this increase in demand for tests almost everywhere. And the Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci also spoke on the subject and in the last few days he announced a new order on waiting lists, to improve the efficiency of the system. Among the main points, the minister said, he will reduce unnecessary medical prescriptions by 20%.

2024-05-01 18:01:23
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