Client involvement in simulation model building: Hints and insights from a case study in a London hospital

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-116

  Lane, David C ^a   Monefeldt, Camilla ^a   Husemann, Elke ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Group model building; Health care policy; Performance indicators; System dynamics; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DYNAMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MODEL; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL PLANNING; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; LONDON; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATE MEDICINE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0038622925     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023385019514     Document Type: Article

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