| Article ID: | iaor19921367 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 42 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| Start Page Number: | 833 |
| End Page Number: | 843 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1991 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Worthington David |
This paper describes work carried out with hospital consultants in Lancaster District Health Authority to develop and use computerized waiting list management models. The ‘what if?’ models produced have been found to be a very useful tool in the constructive debate about problems faced by consultants and managers, and of the options available to them.