Geriatric-patient flow-rate modelling

IMA Journal of Mathemathics Applied in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-307

  Taylor, Gordon ^a   Mcclean, Sally ^a   Millard, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First order linear difference equations; Geriatric medicine; Hospital bed management; Mixed exponential

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; HOSPITALS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

AVERAGE LENGTH; AVERAGE NUMBERS; EXPONENTIALS; FIRST ORDER; FIRST-ORDER LINEAR DIFFERENCE EQUATION; GERIATRIC MEDICINE; HOSPITAL-BED MANAGEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; MIXED EXPONENTIAL;

HOSPITAL BEDS;

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 0030346361     PISSN: 02650746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/13.4.297     Document Type: Article

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