A system dynamics approach for healthcare waste management: A case study in Istanbul Metropolitan City, Turkey

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 576-586

  Ciplak, Nesli ^a   Barton, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare waste; municipal waste; segregation; system dynamics modelling; treatment capacity

Indexed keywords

HEALTHCARE FACILITY; HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT; HEALTHCARE WASTES; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; ISTANBUL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METROPOLITAN CITIES; MUNICIPAL WASTE; STUDY AREAS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH; THROUGHPUT CAPACITIES; TREATMENT CAPACITY; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; WASTE GENERATION;

HEALTH CARE; INCINERATION; RESEARCH; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SYSTEM THEORY; WASTE TREATMENT;

WASTE INCINERATION;

DOMESTIC WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INCINERATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOFTWARE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL WASTE; MODEL; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE SEGREGATION; WASTE TREATMENT CAPACITY;

HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; TURKEY;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84862249846     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12443405     Document Type: Article

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