Using the Statecharts paradigm for simulation of patient flow in surgical care

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-86

  Sobolev, Boris ^a   Harel, David ^b   Vasilakis, Christos ^c   Levy, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care; Hospitals; Patient flow; Simulation; Statecharts; Surgical services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OPERATING ROOMS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 38349161020     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-007-9026-7     Document Type: Article

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