Improving decision making in healthcare services through the use of existing simulation modelling tools and new technologies

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-171

  Katsaliaki, Korina ^a   Mustafee, Navonil ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Health services; Modelling; Simulation; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952716532     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506161011047389     Document Type: Article

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