Modeling the impact of integrating HIV and outpatient health services on patient waiting times in an urban health clinic in Zambia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Deo, Sarang ^a   Topp, Stephanie ^b,c,g   Garcia, Ariel ^d   Soldner, Mallory ^d   Yagci Sokat, Kezban ^e   Chipukuma, Julien ^b   Wamulume, Chibesa S ^f   Reid, Stewart E ^b,g   Swann, Julie ^d  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e Northwestern University   (United States)

^f Lusaka Health District   (Zambia)

^g and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; SIMULATION; TIME; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAITING TIME; ZAMBIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT CARE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84859943466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035479     Document Type: Article

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