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Table 1 Benefits and Concerns Regarding Public Involvement in OWTS

From: Public involvement in the priority setting activities of a wait time management initiative: a qualitative case study

Benefits

Concerns

1. Supporting the initiative

1. The public are biased

2. Experts of the lived experience

2. The public are not being involved

3. A publicly funded system

3. Time constraints do not permit public involvement

4. Sustainability of the healthcare system

4. The public are not informed sufficiently for the level of technicality.