TABLE A1.
Simulation parameters
| Parameter | Values |
|---|---|
| Priority groups | |
| Outpatient consultation | high, low |
| Operation | high, medium, low |
| Referral rate (patients per week) | |
| High priority for consultation | 0.5 |
| Low priority for consultation | 6.5 |
| Inpatients | 5.8 |
| Emergency | 0.5 |
| Probabilities of progression | |
| Elective patients | |
| High consultation priority to high surgical priority | 1 |
| Low consultation priority to medium surgical priority | 0.76 |
| Low consultation priority to low surgical priority | 0.24 |
| Inpatients | |
| Inpatient assessment | 0.5 |
| Discharge and outpatient assessment | 0.5 |
| Capacity | |
| Number of surgeons | 3 |
| Weekly number of outpatient consultations | 16 (8 on Monday, 8 on Tuesday) |
| Weekly number of elective slots | 7 |
| Weekly number of urgent slots | 8 |