Using a point system in the management of waiting lists: the case of cataracts

Eva Rodríguez-Míguez, Carmen Herrero () and Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Eva Rodríguez Míguez

Social Science & Medicine, 2004, vol. 59, issue 3, 585-594

Abstract: In the management of waiting lists, point systems could be a useful mechanism to establish priorities amongst patients. In this paper we explore the possibility of using Conjoint Analysis (CA) in order to implement a point system based on social preferences. We conducted an experiment for the specific case of cataract extraction. In spite of the pilot nature of the study the results seems to suggest that CA is a feasible method in order to estimate a point system.

Keywords: Point; system; Waiting; lists; Cataract; Conjoint; analysis; Rank-ordered; logit; model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277-9536(03)00587-2
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
Working Paper: USING A POINT SYSTEM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WAITING LISTS: THE CASE OF CATARACTS (2001)
Working Paper: Using a point system in the management of waiting lists: the case of cataracts (2001)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:socmed:v:59:y:2004:i:3:p:585-594

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/supportfaq.cws_home/regional
http://www.elsevier. ... _01_ooc_1&version=01

Access Statistics for this article

Social Science & Medicine is currently edited by Ichiro (I.) Kawachi and S.V. (S.V.) Subramanian

More articles in Social Science & Medicine from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().