Newton E, et al. - The link between patients’ wait times and postoperative patient-reported outcomes were inspected in this study. No correlation was found between the gains in health-related quality of life and the length of time subjects waited for surgery. The largest gains in health appeared to be concentrated among those with the highest symptom burden, regardless of the wait time. Hence, it could be safe to triage patients based on symptom severity as an approach to maximizing the population's overall health.