Modelling resource availability in general hospitals Design and implementation of a decision support model

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 428-445

  Kusters, Rob J ^a   Groot, Petra M A ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision support sytem; Forecasting; Health services; Modelling

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL BEDS; HOSPITALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ADMISSION PLANNING; DECISION SUPPORT MODEL; HEALTH SERVICES; MODELLING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030574638     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00201-4     Document Type: Article

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