Incorporating healthcare systems in pandemic models

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2230-2236

  Lizon, Natalia E ^a   Aleman, Dionne M ^a   Schwartz, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; DISEASE SPREAD; GENERAL PUBLICS; GREATER TORONTO AREA; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; ONTARIO , CANADA; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79951656370     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2010.5678921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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