Resource management and process change in a simplified model of the emergency department

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1887-1895

  Beck, Ekkehard ^a   Balasubramanian, Hari ^a   Henneman, Philip L ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Baystate Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL RATES; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; PROCESS CHANGE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMPLIFIED MODELS;

NURSING;

EMERGENCY ROOMS;

EID: 77951554401     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2009.5429198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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