Simulation modelling for performance measurement in healthcare

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2663-2668

  Gunal, Murat M ^a   Pidd, Michael ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; HEALTH POLICY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS; POLICY-ORIENTED MODELS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33846707147     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2005.1574567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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