Recovery bed planning in cardiovascular surgery: A simulation case study

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 314-327

  Marmor, Yariv N ^a   Rohleder, Thomas R ^a   Cook, David J ^a   Huschka, Todd R ^a   Thompson, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Hospital bed planning; Intensive care unit; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887402808     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-013-9231-5     Document Type: Article

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