An Erlang-based stochastic model for patient flow

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Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-359

  Côté, Murray J ^a   Stein, William E ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Health service; Markov chain; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EFFECTIVE TOOL; ERLANGS; HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT FLOW; STOCHASTIC-MODELING;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 0034196201     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0483(99)00045-6     Document Type: Article

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