Report on the evaluation of the National Minimum Data Sets for Elective Surgery Waiting Times

This evaluation found users of the national collections for Elective Surgery Waiting Times regarded the data as highly useful and highly important. It recommends collections continue, and coverage be improved to increase the proportion of public elective surgery episodes included in the collections.The report also recommends work to clarify what constitutes elective surgery and which types of surgery should be included.

ISBN 978 1 74024 921 8; Cat. no. HSE 70; 122pp.; Internet only