Modeling and simulation of blood collection systems

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-78

  Alfonso, Edgar ^a   Xie, Xiaolan ^a   Augusto, Vincent ^a   Garraud, Olivier ^b,c  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Blood collection system; Discrete event simulation; Donor flows; Petri nets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST; DONOR; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84856305185     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9181-8     Document Type: Article

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