A power law distribution in patients' lengths of stay in hospital

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 379, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 235-240

  Hellervik, A ^a   Rodgers, G J ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care; Power law distributions; Preferential attachment; Rate equation; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HOSPITAL BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

POWER LAW DISTRIBUTIONS; PREFERENTIAL ATTACHMENT; RATE EQUATION; RESOURCE COMPETITION;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33947356180     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.12.045     Document Type: Article

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