Data mining to support simulation modeling of patient flow in hospitals

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 179-197

  Isken, Mark W ^a   Rajagopalan, Balaji ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Hospital capacity planning; K means clustering; Patient flow models; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MODEL; PATIENT FLOW MODEL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BED OCCUPANCY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036550136     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014814111524     Document Type: Article

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