Models for improving patient throughput and waiting at hospital emergency departments

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1119-1126

  Paul, Jomon Aliyas ^a   Lin, Li ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

discrete event simulation (DES); ED crowding; length of stay; patient throughput

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROWDING; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; TURNAROUND TIME;

CROWDING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84870459430     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.01.063     Document Type: Article

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