Policy analysis using patient flow simulations: Conceptual framework and study design

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 359-363

  Sobolev, Boris ^a,b   Kuramoto, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PATIENT SIMULATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGERY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 30344480490     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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