Predicting Liver Transplant Capacity Using Discrete Event Simulation

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 784-796

  Toro Díaz, Hector ^a   Mayorga, Maria E ^b   Barritt, A Sidney ^c   Orman, Eric S ^d   Wheeler, Stephanie B ^e  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

forecast; liver transplantation; organ donors; simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DONOR; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84938807156     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X14559055     Document Type: Article

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