Management by constraints: Considering patient volume when adding medical staff to the emergency department

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 170-173

  Rotstein, Zeev ^a   Wilf Miron, Rachel ^a   Lavi, Bruno ^a   Seidman, Daniel S ^a   Shahaf, Poriah ^a   Shahar, Amir ^a   Gabay, Uri ^a   Noy, Shlomo ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Length of stay; Management by constraints; Patient volume

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING;

BOTTLENECK;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHIFT WORKER; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036278360     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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