Using a Queueing Model to Help Plan Bed Allocation in a Department of Geriatric Medicine
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Health Care Management Science
- Vol. 5 (4) , 307-312
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1020342509099
Abstract
By integrating queuing theory and compartmental models of flow we demonstrate how changing admission rates, length of stay and bed allocation influence bed occupancy, emptiness and rejection in...Keywords
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