Predicting duration of stay in a pediatric intensive care unit: A Markovian approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 353-359

  Kapadia, Asha Seth ^a   Chan, Wenyaw ^a   Sachdeva, Ramesh ^b   Moye, Lemuel A ^a   Jefferson, Larry S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PEDIATRICS;

PEDIATRIC RISK OF MORTALITY (PRISM); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0342484483     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00296-9     Document Type: Article

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