To pool or not to pool in hospitals: A theoretical and practical comparison for a radiotherapy outpatient department

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-89

  Joustra, Paul ^a   van der Sluis, Erik ^b   van Dijk, Nico M ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Hospitals; Queuing theory; Radiotherapy outpatient department; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954027750     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-009-0559-7     Document Type: Article

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