Modelling nationwide hospital length of stay: Opening the black box

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 862-869

  Vasilakis, C ^a   Marshall, A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Hospitals; Simulation; Statistics; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICS;

COMPARTMENTAL MODELING; HEALTH SERVICES; LENGTH OF STAY (LOS); SIMULATION MODELS;

HEALTH;

EID: 20444461986     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601872     Document Type: Article

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