A data-integrated simulation model to evaluate nurse-patient assignments

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-268

  Sundaramoorthi, Durai ^a   Chen, Victoria C P ^b   Rosenberger, Jay M ^b   Kim, Seoung Bum ^b   Buckley Behan, Deborah F ^c  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse workload; Nurse patient assignment; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DECISION TREES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 70349307477     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-008-9090-7     Document Type: Article

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