Estimating the waiting time of multi-priority emergency patients with downstream blocking

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-99

  Lin, Di ^a   Patrick, Jonathan ^b   Labeau, Fabrice ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Hospital management; Queueing theory; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WORKFLOW;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84897763314     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-013-9241-3     Document Type: Article

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