An Erlang-based stochastic model for patient flow

An Erlang-based stochastic model for patient flow

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Article ID: iaor20012812
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 28
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 347
End Page Number: 359
Publication Date: Jun 2000
Journal: OMEGA
Authors: ,
Keywords: queues: applications
Abstract:

In this paper, an Erlang-based stochastic model for patient flow is presented. The model is proposed as an effective tool to obtain analytic results for the stochastic process of patient flow in a health care environment. Through the use of two previously published examples, it is shown that the stochastic model can be developed quickly, is not computationally intensive and provides a good representation of the empirical patient flow.

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