sim_schedule

Generates a list if dates in a given range

Waiting list management using queuing theory to analyse, predict and manage queues, based on the approach described in Fong et al. (2022) <doi:10.1101/2022.08.23.22279117>. Aimed at UK National Health Service (NHS) applications, waiting list summary statistics, target-value calculations, waiting list simulation, and scheduling functions are included.

Chris Mainey

NHSRwaitinglist

Waiting List Metrics Using Queuing Theory

sim_schedule function

<dl><dt>n_rows</dt>
<dd>Number of rows/patients to generate</dd>
<dt>start_date</dt>
<dd>Start date (needed to generate patient ages)</dd>
<dt>daily_capacity</dt>
<dd>Number of patients per day</dd></dl>

Arguments

Generator a list of dates to schedule — sim_schedule

<dl>

<dt>n_rows</dt>
<dd>Number of rows/patients to generate</dd>


<dt>start_date</dt>
<dd>Start date (needed to generate patient ages)</dd>


<dt>daily_capacity</dt>
<dd>Number of patients per day</dd>

</dl>

sim_schedule: Generator a list of dates to schedule

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