# Goodhart’s law: when waiting times became a target, they stopped being a good measure

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/goodhart-s-law-when-waiting-times-became-a-target-they-stopped-being-a-good/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | S Michael Crawford |
| Citations | 18 |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmj.j5425 |
| Fields | Economics, Econometrics and Finance,Health Professions |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2770091311 |
| PMID | 29180439 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2017 |

## Paper authors

- [S Michael Crawford](https://scholariq.org/researchers/s-michael-crawford/)

## Paper journal

- [BMJ](https://scholariq.org/journals/bmj-2/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Health Professions](https://scholariq.org/topics/health-professions/)

## Paper topics

- [Global Health Care Issues](https://scholariq.org/topics/global-health-care-issues/)
- [Healthcare Policy and Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/healthcare-policy-and-management/)

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