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Published on 1 de octubre de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.09.3106
Analysis of the surgical waiting list for conditions not covered by the Explicit Health Guarantees in orthopedics and traumatology in Chile
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Number of procedures on the surgical waiting list not covered by EHG, by specialty (2022 to 2024).
| Orthopedics and traumatology | 83 662 (22.4%) | 75 181 (23.9%) | 78 450 (23.6%) | 0 |
| Gastrointestinal surgery | 57 193 (15.3%) | 43 965 (14%) | 49 272 (14.8%) | 0 |
| Dermatology | 48 115 (12.9%) | 40 550 (12.9%) | 37 348 (11.2%) | + |
| Gynecology | 29 118 (7.8%) | 24 008 (7.6%) | 23 808 (7.2%) | + |
| Urology | 27 283 (7.3%) | 23 891 (7.6%) | 25 593 (7.7%) | 0 |
| Otolaryngology | 27 065 (7.2%) | 23 205 (7.4%) | 26 586 (8%) | 0 |
| Ophthalmology | 25 889 (6.9%) | 21 615 (6.9%) | 23 245 (7%) | 0 |
| Dentistry | 22 311 (6%) | 15 391 (4.9%) | 17 130 (5.2%) | 0 |
| Neurosurgery | 18 440 (4.9%) | 16 645 (5.3%) | 16 377 (4.9%) | 0 |
| Cardiac surgery | 15 667 (4.2%) | 14 438 (4.6%) | 17 334 (5.2%) | 0 |
| Head and neck surgery | 10 105 (2.7%) | 8501 (2.7%) | 9336 (2.8%) | 0 |
| Plastic surgery | 9009 (2.4%) | 7669 (2.4%) | 8043 (2.4%) | 0 |
EHG, Explicit Health Guarantees.
Notes: 1The “Trend” column indicates the temporal progression of the number of cases between 2022 and 2024 for each specialty: the “+” sign corresponds to a sustained increase (2024 > 2023 > 2022), the “–” sign to a sustained decrease (2022 > 2023 > 2024), and “0” is used when no clear trend is observed in that sequence for each specialty.
Source: Prepared by the authors based on the study results.