A simple and intuitive simulation tool for analyzing emergency department operations

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1994-2002

  Sinreich, David ^a   Marmor, Yariv N ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS (ED); GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP); HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; STITCHING ROOM;

EMERGENCY ROOMS;

EID: 17744362921     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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