Using panel methods to model waiting times for National Health Service surgery

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 369-387

  Martin, Stephen ^a   Smith, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand; Elasticity; National health service; Supply; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141888398     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00282     Document Type: Article

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