A mathematical model for simulating daily bed occupancy in an intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1098-1104

  Barado, Julio ^a   Guergué, Juan María ^a   Esparza, Laida ^b   Azcárate, Crisitina ^c   Mallor, Fermín ^c   Ochoa, Susana ^c  

^a Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GARCÍA ORCOYEN   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

intensive care unit; intensive care unit beds; resource utilization; simulation; statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

APACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BED OCCUPANCY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84858758693     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182374828     Document Type: Review

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