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Fig. 1 | BMC Health Services Research

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From: The use of modelling studies to inform planning of health services: case study of rapidly increasing endoscopy services in Australia

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Flow chart describing major patient pathways through a simulation of the endoscopic care system. Legend: Patients could present to the system via general practitioner referrals, the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP), hospital wards and emergency departments. Once assessed, patients were categorized according to their urgency and placed on the endoscopic waiting list if appropriate. Following a period of waiting, patients who did not drop off the waiting list were seen for endoscopy and subsequently allocated to a form of ongoing care which included specialist treatment for chronic conditions, treatment for early or late stage colorectal cancer, a future endoscopic surveillance procedure (rejoining the waiting list as category 9), a recall procedure to be conducted due to inconclusive results. Where no ongoing treatment protocol was indicated, patients transitioned to general practitioner management where they assumed the characteristics of the general population

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