I just attended the public health assoc. of Aust. conference in Hobart last year and Prof. Stephen Duckett was a main speaker. You could look at the books he has authored, as various terminologies in his talks may be useful as he's written extensively on the healthcare system, economics, outcomes. Length of stay, episodes of care, morbidity & mortality statistics maybe used

You might read Alex Knight's novel, Pride and Joy on addressing the healthcare crisis, particularly in the UK. He was a TOC consultant in healthcare (35 years and, prior to that, an instructor at Ashridge) and implemented this solution globally. He has made several presentations and webinars at TOCICO and in at least one presentation or webinar evaluation criteria. Also, see the Taylor and Francis "Theory of Constraints in Healthcare" article collection for free downloads of six TOC articles. Check out the TOCICO healthcare portals for about a dozen video presentations with PDFs and their annotated bibliography on TOC presentations/webinars. Bacelar et al. l (available on the Taylor and Francis website for free) also conducted a literature review of TOC implementations with financial and organizational performance results (the research had to provide these results to be included) and, more recently, a similar article (Theory of constraints in healthcare: a systematic literature review by Mohit Datt and Ajay Gupta, et. al., (2024, I think) International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management. There are probably a half-dozen TOC academics and a like number of MDs, and also a like number of TOC consultants that have implemented TOC in various healthcare settings with rapid and significant results.