Bottleneck analysis of emergency cardiac in-patient flow in a university setting: An application of queueing theory

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 316-317

  De Bruin, A M ^a,b   Koole, Ger M ^a,b   Visser, M C ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEUEING THEORY; THEORY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

CORONARY DISEASE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 30344439801     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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