Table 1.
Questions on how operational research could achieve enhanced ICM in a hospital setting.
Table 2..
Comparison of simulation methods.
Fig 1.
An example structure of an integrated care system.
PC: Primary Care, H: Hospital, MH: Mental Health, CS: Community Services, O: Other.
Fig 2.
Patient flow in healthcare services in a catchment area and the service structure.
GP: General Practitioner, DNAs: Did Not Attends, WL: Waiting List, C: Consultation, D: Diagnostics, Tr: Treatment, B: Beds, Th: Theatre, ED: Emergency Department.
Fig 3.
Conceptual diagram of retinal services.
a) High-level depiction of retinal services and its hierarchy under an integrated care system; b) Patient flow in retinal services at trust level.
Table 3.
Input parameters.
Fig 4.
Evaluating the activity and staff utilisation implications of SC0, SC1, SC2, and SC3.
SC0 = Baseline scenario; SC1 = Nurse injectors + 5% increase in DR arrivals each month, SC2 = Community virtual clinic, SC3 = Nurse injectors + 5% increase in DR patients and community virtual clinics.
Fig 5.
Evaluating the financial implications of SC0, SC1, SC2, and SC3.
SC0 = Baseline scenario; SC1 = Nurse injectors + 5% increase in DR arrivals each month, SC2 = Community virtual clinic, SC3 = Nurse injectors + 5% increase in DR patients and community virtual clinics.