A system dynamics approach to modeling the sensitivity of inappropriate emergency department utilization

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6007 LNCS, Issue , 2010, Pages 52-61

  Behr, Joshua G ^a   Diaz, Rafael ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinic; Congestion; Emergency department; Hospital; Inappropriate utilization; Low acuity; Non urgent; Primary care physician; Profitability; Sensitivity analysis; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLINIC; CONGESTION; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; INAPPROPRIATE UTILIZATION; LOW-ACUITY; NON-URGENT; PRIMARY CARE; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY ROOMS; PROFITABILITY; SYSTEM THEORY;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650380850     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12079-4_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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