Towards an evidence-based decision making healthcare system management: Modelling patient pathways to improve clinical outcomes

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-125

  Adeyemi, Shola ^a   Demir, Eren ^b   Chaussalet, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency readmissions; Patient pathways; Random effects modelling

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; EMERGENCY READMISSIONS; HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; PATIENT PATHWAYS; RANDOM EFFECTS;

COPYRIGHTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MANAGERS; PULMONARY DISEASES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84877741353     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2012.12.039     Document Type: Article

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