Predicting joint replacement waiting times

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-215

  Cipriano, Lauren E ^a   Chesworth, Bert M ^b   Anderson, Chris K ^c   Zaric, Gregory S ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Joint replacement; Projecting demand for health care services; Queuing simulation; Resource allocation; Surgical allocation planning; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; SYSTEMS THEORY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34249027338     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-007-9013-z     Document Type: Article

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