Models of emergency departments for reducing patient waiting times.

In this paper, we apply both agent-based models and queuing models to investigate patient access and patient flow through emergency departments. The objective of this work is to gain insights into the comparative contributions and limitations of these complementary techniques, in their ability to co...

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Main Authors: Marek Laskowski, Robert D McLeod, Marcia R Friesen, Blake W Podaima, Attahiru S Alfa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2700281?pdf=render