Modelling and simulation of blood collection systems: Improvement of human resources allocation for better cost-effectiveness and reduction of candidate donor abandonment

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-233

  Alfonso, E ^a,b,d   Xie, X ^a,b   Augusto, V ^a,b   Garraud, O ^b,c  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Blood donor flow management; Discrete event simulation; Health system cost effectiveness; Petri nets; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PETRI DISH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SIMULATION; THROMBOCYTE; URBAN AREA;

BLOOD DONOR FLOW MANAGEMENT; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION; HEALTH SYSTEM COST-EFFECTIVENESS; PETRI NETS; TRANSFUSION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE;

EID: 84875612941     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12001     Document Type: Article

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