Improving patient flow in a hospital emergency department

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1526-1531

  Medeiros, D J ^a   Swenson, Eric ^a   DeFlitch, Christopher ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; NEW APPROACHES; PATIENT CARES; PATIENT FLOWS; PILOT STUDIES; SIMULATION MODELS;

EMERGENCY ROOMS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 60749120936     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2008.4736233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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