Outpatient clinic scheduling - A simulation approach

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1981-1987

  Guo, Ming ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a   West, Constance ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; FOLLOW-UP INTERVALS; OUTPATIENT CLINIC SCHEDULING; PATIENT SCHEDULING SIMULATION MODELS (PSSM);

HOSPITALS;

EID: 17744373326     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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