A simulation-based study for managing hospital emergency department's capacity in extreme events

International Journal of Business Excellence

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 140-154

  Xiao, Nan ^a   Sharman, Raj ^a   Rao, H R ^a,b   Dutta, Sumant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Emergency department; Extreme events; Health service; Patient surge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857266334     PISSN: 17560047     EISSN: 17560055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2012.044578     Document Type: Article

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