Emergency departments nurse allocation to face a pandemic influenza outbreak

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1292-1298

  Rico, Florentino ^a   Salari, Ehsan ^a   Centeno, Grisselle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HOSPITALS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALLOCATION POLICIES; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PROCESS ANALYZERS; SIMULATED ZONES; SIMULATION SOFTWARES;

NURSING;

EID: 49749093783     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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