Assessment of a 7-day turn-around for the reporting of cervical smear results using discrete event simulation

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 902-910

  Pilgrim, H ^a,b   Chilcott, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Decision analysis; Health service; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DECISION THEORY;

AVERAGE CURRENTS; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH PAPERS; SCREENING PROCESS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; TURN-AROUNDS;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 44849106363     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602431     Document Type: Article

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