A queueing network model to analyze the impact of parallelization of care on patient cycle time

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 248-261

  Jiang, Lixiang ^a   Giachetti, Ronald E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process reengineering; Patient flow; Queueing network; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS THEORY; TIME;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SYSTEMS THEORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49549094964     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-007-9040-9     Document Type: Article

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