Impact of Prioritization on the Outpatient Queuing System in the Emergency Department with Limited Medical Resources

The emergency department has an irreplaceable role in the hospital service system because of the characteristics of its emergency services. In this paper, a new patient queuing model with priority weight is proposed to optimize the management of emergency department services. Compared with classical...

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Main Authors: Ao Zhang, Xiaomin Zhu, Qian Lu, Runtong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/11/6/796