Reproductive health services discrete-event simulation

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006:2006:1001.

Abstract

Low resource healthcare environments are often characteristic of patient flow patterns with varying patient risks, extensive patient waiting times, uneven workload distributions, and inefficient service delivery. Models from industrial and systems engineering allow for a greater examination of processes by applying discrete-event computer simulation techniques to evaluate and optimize hospital performance.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation*
  • Critical Pathways
  • Humans
  • Models, Organizational*
  • Reproductive Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Software