NHSRwaitinglist (version 0.1.2)

create_waiting_list: Create Waiting List

Description

Creates a waiting list using the parameters specified

Usage

create_waiting_list(
  n,
  mean_arrival_rate,
  mean_wait,
  start_date = Sys.Date(),
  limit_removals = TRUE,
  sd = 0,
  rott = 0,
  ...
)

Value

A tibble with randomly generated patient records and the following columns:

pat_id

Integer. Unique identifier for the patient.

addition_date

Date. The date the patient was added to the waiting list.

removal_date

Date. The date the patient was removed from the waiting list.

wait_length

Numeric. Number of days between the addition and removal dates.

rott

Logical. Whether the removal was for reasons other than treatment (ROTT).

Additional columns may be included if supplied via ..., where named vectors (e.g., patient-level variables) of compatible length are merged into the output tibble.

Arguments

n

Numeric value of rate of demand in same units as target wait

• e.g. if target wait is weeks, then demand in units of patients/week.

mean_arrival_rate

Numeric value of mean daily arrival rate.

mean_wait

Numeric value of mean wait time for treatment/on waiting list.

start_date

Character value of date from which to start generated waiting list.

limit_removals

Defaults to TRUE

sd

Numeric value, standard deviation. Defaults to 0.

rott

Numeric value, proportion of referrals to be randomly flagged as ROTT. Defaults to 0.

...

Container for the list

Examples

create_waiting_list(366, 50, 21, "2024-01-01", 10, 0.1)