Continuous-time Markov models for geriatric patient behaviour

Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 315-323

  Taylor, Gordon ^a   McClean, Sally ^b   Millard, Peter ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Bed occupancy modelling; Geriatric medicine; Markov models

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE; MARKOV PROCESSES; MEDICINE;

GERIATRIC MEDICINE; GERIATRIC PATIENT BEHAVIOR; MARKOV MODELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0031220660     PISSN: 87550024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0747(199709/12)13:3/4<315::aid-asm325>3.0.co;2-9     Document Type: Article

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