Mathematical modelling and simulation for planning critical care capacity

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-327

  Costa, A X ^a   Ridley, S A ^b   Shahani, A K ^a   Harper, P R ^a   De Senna, V ^a   Nielsen, M S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care; organisation and administration, trends, utilisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

BED OCCUPANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0345701213     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03042.x     Document Type: Article

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