Review of modeling approaches for emergency department patient flow and crowding research

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1371-1379

  Wiler, Jennifer L ^a,b   Griffey, Richard T ^a   Olsen, Tava ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CROWDING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW;

EID: 83655203274     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01135.x     Document Type: Review

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