Those with private cover may not to be welcomed in some state hospitals for elective treatment.

Why would cardiologists want to subject patients to an elective treatment they might not need?

Employers have been transferring a larger share of health care costs to their workers, who in turn appear to be putting off some elective treatments.

This finding supports the view that chemotherapy should be the elective treatment in this group.

Teaching hospitals are preferable, he said, both for emergencies and for elective treatment.

Waiting times for elective treatment in inner London teaching hospitals is higher than the average, although the report noted an improvement in the past year.

The system does charge fees in treating elective treatment for patients from abroad, but tourists who fall ill are treated free in Cuban hospitals.

When elective treatment is considered, however, contrast enhanced computed tomography may be useful just before surgery as thrombosis may occur.

In December, the administration sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and the hospital stopped admitting patients for elective treatment on Christmas Eve.

The World Trade Center attack prompted a drop in hospital use in the city, as people postponed elective treatment and suburbanites opted for local hospitals.

But only one patient opted to travel to Ireland for elective treatment. By comparison, 137 000 opted to travel to Spain.

The researchers' findings showed that hospitals that merged recorded larger deficits after merger than before, and the length of time patients had to wait for elective treatment also rose.

There is a concentration of specialised services and a higher proportion of admissions occur for elective treatments and through A&E than emergency GP referral.

Few 'Quick Fixes' While emergency-room doctors and nurses and public-health advocates support restrictions on elective treatment, the hospitals say elective admissions keep them afloat financially.

But like Cris DeHon (although I was neutered by age and temperament rather than by elective treatment), I had a bystander's fascination with human sexual behavior.

While it shows good compliance with screening and good acceptability, it cannot address the fundamental question relating to this particular screening programme - that is, whether people who are positive on screening benefit from detection and elective treatment.

In a dispute over reimbursement rates and terms, central New Jersey's largest regional hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, has decided that it will no longer accept patients seeking elective treatment who are covered by Aetna U.S. Healthcare, the state's largest managed care company.