Effect of coupling between Emergency Department and inpatient unit on the overcrowding in Emergency Department

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1586-1593

  Kolb, Erik M W ^a   Lee, Taesik ^a   Peck, Jordan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; EMERGENCY ROOMS; HEALTH;

COMMON PROBLEMS; DEGREE OF COUPLING; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATIONS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 49749125011     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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