Implications of mixed exponential occupancy distributions and patient flow models for health care planning

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-45

  Harrison, Gary W ^a  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional expected length of stay; Flow models; Mixed exponential distribution; Occupancy distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

BED OCCUPANCY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035260999     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009601732387     Document Type: Article

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