Designing outpatient appointment systems with patient characteristics: A case study

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 157-169

  Athula Wijewickrama, A K ^a   Takakuwa, Soemon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appointment scheduling; Discrete event simulation; Multi facility system; Second consultation

Indexed keywords

APPOINTMENT SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SCHEDULING; SIMULATION;

EID: 84866058333     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2012.048953     Document Type: Article

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