The application of operations research methodologies to the delivery of care model for traumatic spinal cord injury: The access to care and timing project

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2272-2282

  Noonan, Vanessa K ^a,b   Soril, Lesley ^a   Atkins, Derek ^b   Lewis, Rachel ^b   Santos, Argelio ^b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,c   Burns, Anthony S ^d   Singh, Anoushka ^c   Dvorak, Marcel F ^a,b  

^a Blusson Spinal Cord Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

computer simulation; health assessment; health care delivery; Operations Research; outcomes assessment; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CANADA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84865661780     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2317     Document Type: Article

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