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Phase 2: Wave 1: seniors, near-seniors, and children · Step 2.5

Launch the wait-time guarantee

Year 1 (registry), Year 2 (enforceable guarantee) · UHA Office of Patient Advocacy; regional officesDiscuss this step
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Independent evaluation & wait-time registry

Measurement that makes the wait-time guarantee enforceable and the plan's trade-offs checkable.

Result
$2.0B
Per resident, per year
$6
÷ 341.1M people
Per household
$15
÷ 132.2M households

How it's calculated

#StepArithmeticValue
1
National wait-time registry build
evRegistry
$0.6B$0.6B
2
Patient-experience surveys
evSurveyRespondentsevSurveyCostevSurveyYears
400,000 × $100 × 5 years$0.2B
3
Contracted independent evaluations
evContracts
$0.6B$0.6B
4
Data audits & measurement validation
evDataAudit
$0.6B$0.6B
5
Total one-time cost
$2.0B

By year

Year 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6
$0.3B$0.4B$0.4B$0.4B$0.3B$0.2B$0.0B

Inputs used

InputKindValue
National wait-time registry buildestimate, medium confidence$0.6B
Patient-experience survey respondents per yearpolicy, high confidence400,000
Cost per survey responseestimate, medium confidence$100
Survey years funded from transition budgetpolicy, high confidence5
Contracted independent evaluationsestimate, medium confidence$0.6B
Data audits & wait-time measurement validationestimate, medium confidence$0.6B
Trade-off: Registry first, then annual surveys and evaluations.