create_waiting_list: Create Waiting List

In NHSRwaitinglist: Waiting List Metrics Using Queuing Theory

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,
  ...
)

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

Value

A tibble of a random generated list of patients with addition_date, removal_date, wait_length and rott status for each patient

Examples

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

NHSRwaitinglist documentation built on April 3, 2025, 10:28 p.m.