Time-dependent analysis for refused admissions in clinical wards

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-65

  Bekker, R ^a   de Bruin, A M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daily and weekly admission patterns; Hospital capacity planning; Infinite server queues; Modified offered load approximation; Refused admissions; Time dependent arrivals

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954035163     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-009-0570-z     Document Type: Article

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