A system model of work flow in the patient room of hospital emergency department

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 341-351

  Wang, Junwen ^a   Li, Jingshan ^b   Howard, Patricia K ^c  

^a Medicine and Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; In room patient flow; Length of stay; Markov chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887409552     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-013-9235-1     Document Type: Article

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