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A note on the dynamic interaction between waiting times and waiting lists

Author(s) -

Siciliani Luigi

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

health economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55

H-Index - 109

eISSN - 1099-1050

pISSN - 1057-9230

DOI - 10.1002/hec.1286

Subject(s) - rationing , waiting list , function (biology) , path (computing) , operations research , economics , computer science , operations management , microeconomics , health care , medicine , mathematics , computer network , surgery , evolutionary biology , transplantation , biology , economic growth

Waiting times are commonly used as a rationing device in health care and the public sector. We develop a stylised model, which predicts the dynamics of waiting times and waiting lists over time as a function of differing demand and supply parameters. We show that a path with decreasing waiting time and increasing waiting list over certain time intervals is a possible solution, which is consistent with some empirical evidence. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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