Effects of hospital funding reform on wait times for hip fracture surgery: a population-based interrupted time-series analysis.
Daniel PincusJessica WiddifieldKaren S PalmerJ Michael PatersonAlvin LiAnjie HuangDavid WassersteinLauren Lapointe-ShawAdalsteinn BrownMonica TaljaardNoah Michael IversPublished in: BMC health services research (2021)
We found no significant effects of a targeted hospital funding model based on fixed price and volume on wait times or the provision of after-hours surgery. Other approaches for improving hip fracture wait times may be worth pursuing instead of funding reform.