Evaluating healthcare systems with insufficient capacity to meet demand

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pendharkar, Sachin R ^a   Bischak, Diane P ^b   Rogers, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENECK IDENTIFICATIONS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; MEAN QUEUE LENGTHS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; SLEEP DISORDERS; TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE; WAITING LISTS; WARM-UP PERIOD;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; QUEUEING THEORY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84874737294     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2012.6465107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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