Bed capacity and surgical waiting lists: a simulation analysis

Waiting time for elective surgery is a key problem in the current medical world. This paper aims to reproduce, by a Monte Carlo simulation model, the relationship between hospital capacity, inpatient activity, and surgery waiting list size in teaching hospitals. Inpatient activity is simulated by fi...

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Main Authors: Manel Antelo, Francisco Reyes Santias, Adela Martinez Calvo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of A Coruna 2015-12-01
Series:European Journal of Government and Economics
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Online Access:http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/72