| Chapter title | Evaluating alternative surgery plans with discrete-event simulation model |
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| Authors | Fei, H., Meskins, N. and El-Darzi, E. |
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| Abstract | Simulation modeling has become a well-established tool to aid healthcare decision makers in evaluating alternative system design in order to improve hospital performances. A simulation model is developed in this study to evaluate an alternative planning strategy for an operating theatre of a medium-size university hospital in Belgium. Real data are used in this model to derive the simulation parameters and are collected from a one-year observation period where a 'modified block scheduling' strategy is currently implemented. This paper is concluded with some suggestions for improving the hospital service efficiency. |
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| Book title | 2010 IEEE Workshop on Health Care Management (WHCM), Italy, 18-20 February 2010 |
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| Page range | 1-6 |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Publisher | IEEE |
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| Published | 2010 |
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| ISBN | 9781424449972 |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1109/WHCM.2010.5441241 |
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