Reducing waiting time at an emergency department using design for Six Sigma and discrete event simulation

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 91-104

  Mandahawi, Nabeel ^a   Al Shihabi, Sameh ^b   Abdallah, Abdallah A ^c   Alfarah, Yousuf M ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c GERMAN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

DES; Design for Six Sigma; DFSS; Discrete event simulation; ED; Emergency department; Healthcare; Length of stay; LOS; Sigma level; Triage; Waiting time; WT

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956085217     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2010.034858     Document Type: Article

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