Waiting list models must account for departures before treatment - Authors' reply.

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Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4UX, UK; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Published: August 2024


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