Simulation-based patient flow analysis in an endoscopy unit

2010 IEEE Workshop on Health Care Management, WHCM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Koo, Pyung Hoi ^a   Nielsen, Karl Brian ^b   Jang, Jaejin ^c   Kolker, Alexander ^d  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital and Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare management; Patient flow; Simulation analysis

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTHCARE RESOURCES; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; IMPROVING EFFICIENCY; LOW QUALITIES; MAJOR ELEMENTS; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; PATIENT FLOW; SIMULATION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION-BASED; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; WAITING-TIME;

ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 77952473066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WHCM.2010.5441266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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