Merging six Emergency Departments into one: A simulation approach

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1574-1578

  Miller, Martin ^a   Ferrin, David ^a   Ashby, Marshall ^a   Flynn, Tanner ^a   Shahi, Niloo ^b  

^a Facilities Development Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY ROOMS; HOSPITALS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ANCILLARY SERVICES; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EXISTING SYSTEMS; FLOOR SPACE; MITIGATION STRATEGIES; MULTIPLE SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL IMPACTS; PATIENT POPULATION; SHARING RESOURCES; SIMULATION APPROACH; SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS;

HEALTH;

EID: 49749128774     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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