Forecasting change.
Planning the use of resources is central to the NHS reforms. In the first of a series on forecasting the impact of change on the health service Dr Roger Beech, Jayne Thompson and John Smyth examine the use of computer modelling.
Beech
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Department of Public Health Medicine, UMDS, St. Thomas's Campus, London.
Thompson
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Smyth
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