1. Preface

   Legacy Pages: 1 - 1

2. Health care management modelling: a process perspective

   • Jan M.H. Vissers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 85

3. Using simulation to educate hospital staff about casemix

   • David A. Cromwell
   • Donna Priddis
   • Don Hindle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 93

4. The transformation of the probability of a heart fatality into a queue position

   • Patrick Rivett
   • Timothy Anglin
   • Andrew Meyer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 100

5. Use of a mathematical model to evaluate breast cancer screening policy

   • Rose D. Baker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 113

6. Evaluating screening policies for the early detection of retinopathy in patients with non‐insulin dependent diabetes

   • Sally C. Brailsford
   • Ruth Davies
   • Paul J. Roderick

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 124

7. Evaluating the costs of alternative options for dementia services

   • Thierry J. Chaussalet
   • Peter H. Millard
   • Elia El‐Darzi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 131

8. Selecting a decision model for economic evaluation: a case study and review

   • Jonathan Karnon
   • Jackie Brown

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 140

9. A simulation modelling approach to evaluating length of stay, occupancy, emptiness and bed blocking in a hospital geriatric department

   • E. El‐Darzi
   • C. Vasilakis
   • P.H. Millard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 149

10. An analysis of admission, discharge and bed occupancy of stroke patients aged 65 and over in English hospitals

    • Chooi N. Lee
    • Christos Vasilakis
    • Peter H. Millard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 157

11. A three compartment model of the patient flows in a geriatric department: a decision support approach

    • Sally I. McClean
    • Peter H. Millard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 163

12. Decision making support in reshaping hospital medical services

    • Xiao‐Ming Huang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 173