TY - JOUR
T1 - Referral rates and waiting lists
T2 - some empirical evidence
AU - Tavakoli, Manouchehr
AU - Goddard, JA
PY - 1998/9
Y1 - 1998/9
N2 - This paper provides some empirical evidence on topics discussed at greater length in a recent paper in Health Economics (Goddard, J.A., Malek, M. and Tavakoli, M. Health Economics 1995; 4: 41-55), which modelled the relationship between referral rates and waiting lists for hospital treatment for non-urgent conditions within a queuing theory framework. Here, we estimate a version of the demand function used in this model, with panel data for Scottish Health Board Areas during the period 1990-1992. Separate models are estimated for each of six broadly defined 'waiting list' specialisms, for which we have data on referral rates and wailing times. The six specialisms are General Surgery, Ear Nose and Throat Surgery, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and Urology. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
AB - This paper provides some empirical evidence on topics discussed at greater length in a recent paper in Health Economics (Goddard, J.A., Malek, M. and Tavakoli, M. Health Economics 1995; 4: 41-55), which modelled the relationship between referral rates and waiting lists for hospital treatment for non-urgent conditions within a queuing theory framework. Here, we estimate a version of the demand function used in this model, with panel data for Scottish Health Board Areas during the period 1990-1992. Separate models are estimated for each of six broadly defined 'waiting list' specialisms, for which we have data on referral rates and wailing times. The six specialisms are General Surgery, Ear Nose and Throat Surgery, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and Urology. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
KW - referral rates
KW - waiting lists
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199809)7:6<545::AID-HEC369>3.0.CO;2-R
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199809)7:6<545::AID-HEC369>3.0.CO;2-R
M3 - Article
SN - 1057-9230
VL - 7
SP - 545
EP - 549
JO - Health Economics
JF - Health Economics
IS - 6
ER -