Use of an agent-based model to understand clinical systems

JASSS

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Leykum, Luci ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^b   Parchman, Michael ^c   McDaniel, Reuben R ^d   Lanham, Holly ^a   Agar, Michael ^e  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical systems; Healthcare delivery; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863867461     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18564/jasss.1905     Document Type: Article

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