Improving patient flow in an obstetric unit

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Griffin, Jacqueline ^a   Xia, Shuangjun ^a   Peng, Siyang ^b   Keskinocak, Pinar ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed balancing; Blocking; Obstetric; Patient flow; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856243669     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9175-6     Document Type: Article

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