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Table 1 Assumed service time distributions for the mass vaccination hub and GP clinic stations

From: Modelling vaccination capacity at mass vaccination hubs and general practice clinics: a simulation study

Station

Form

Formula

Percentiles (minutes)

5%

25%

50%

75%

95%

Mass vaccination hub

 Preparation

exponential

1 + exp.(λ = 3)

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.5

2.0

 Entrance

exponential

2 + exp.(λ = 1)

2.0

2.3

2.7

3.2

4.8

 Registration

exponential

3 + exp.(λ = 0.7)

3.1

3.4

4.0

5.0

7.3

 Assessment

exponential

2 + exp.(λ = 1)

2.1

2.3

2.7

3.4

4.9

 Vaccination

exponential

3 + exp.(λ = 1)

3.1

3.3

3.7

4.3

5.8

 Observation

normal

norm(μ = 20, 𝜎 = 0.5)

19.8

19.9

20.0

20.1

20.2

 Adverse reaction

exponential

20 + exp.(λ = 0.1)

20.4

22.9

26.7

33.0

46.1

General practice clinic

 Preparation

exponential

1 + exp.(λ = 3)

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.9

 Registration

exponential

3 + exp.(λ = 1)

3.1

3.3

3.7

4.3

5.9

 Vaccination

exponential

5 + exp.(λ = 0.5)

5.1

5.6

6.3

7.7

11.2

 Observation

normal

norm(μ = 20, 𝜎 = 0.5)

19.2

19.6

20.0

20.3

20.8

 Adverse reaction

exponential

20 + exp.(λ = 0.1)

20.4

22.6

26.6

33.3

48.7