Modelling variability in hospital bed occupancy

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-334

  Harrison, Gary W ^a   Shafer, Andrea ^a   Macky, Mark ^b  

^a School of Business and Economics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bed occupancy; Length of stay; Multi stage model; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; BED OCCUPANCY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 29144447594     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-005-4142-8     Document Type: Article

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