Modeling and analysis of hospital emergency department: An analytical framework and problem formulation

2010 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 897-902

  Li, Jingshan ^a   Howard, Patricia K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical framework; Emergency department; Improvability theory; Length of stay; Patient flow

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; IMPROVABILITY THEORY; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT FLOW;

OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EMERGENCY ROOMS;

EID: 78149457966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COASE.2010.5583968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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