In a public health system, one of the problems is the size of the waiting list for admission to hospital. This research involves establishing a method of analysing the general surgery waiting list problem at hospital and district level. While there are many aspects to such a study, this paper concentrates on a linear programming model to plan the aggregate throughput of the general surgical department. Preliminary results from applying the techniques to actual health districts in the United Kingdom are reported.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
George et al. (1983) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: