Simulating hospital patient flows

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-216

  Lehaney, Brian ^a   Clarke, Steve ^a   Kogetsidis, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital patient flows; simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032467945     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642409811800405     Document Type: Article

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