A dynamic model of the systemic causes for patient treatment delays in emergency departments

Journal of Modelling in Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-301

  Cooke, David ^a   Rohleder, Thomas ^b   Rogers, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Canada; Emergency treatment; Hospitals; Patients; Time based organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873465216     PISSN: 17465664     EISSN: 17465672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465661011092650     Document Type: Article

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