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One policy to reduce the impact of waiting times on patients' health is for doctors to prioritise patients according to their health status. This study tests the extent to which publicly\u2010funded patients in poorer health are prioritised on the list, and whether prioritisation differs between public and private providers. We use hospital administrative data in 2015\u20132021 on hip replacements in England. Our results provide evidence of inpatient waiting\u2010time prioritisation (from specialist addition to list to admission for surgery) based on pre\u2010operative health with a difference of at least 15\u00a0days between patients with lowest and highest pre\u2010operative health. The gradient becomes steeper as waiting times increase, and much steeper during COVID\u201019. 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