Facilitating stroke care planning through simulation modelling

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-143

  Bayer, Steffen ^a   Petsoulas, Christina ^b   Cox, Benita ^a   Honeyman, Alasdair ^c   Barlow, James ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PHPC Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discrete event simulation; healthcare; modelling; stroke planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; STROKE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; STROKE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 77953921390     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458209361142     Document Type: Article

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