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Simulation and Queueing Models to Assist Planning of Accident and Emergency Services

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Medical Informatics Europe 81

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics ((LNMED,volume 11))

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Abstract

A reduction in the number of accident and emergency units has long been a planning priority in the UK. And yet nationally, only broad planning guidelines exist to aid effective planning of accident and emergency care.

Two models have been developed to aid this planning process. The models allow analysis of an A & E department in some detail, and it is possible to experiment with changes in workload, staff/facility levels and operational policies.

The assumptions inherent in the models, and the model results are compared. A case study, using the models in one London health district, is outlined.

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  1. North-East Thames Regional Health Authority Management Services Division, The John Ellicott Centre, Cavell Street, London E.1, UK

    D. W. Inman, J. Henry & P. Melville

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  1. Départment de Biophysique et de Biomathématiques, Faculté de Médecine PITIE-SALPETRIERE, 91, boulevard de l’Hôpital, Paris 13ème, France

    Francois Grémy  & Patrice Degoulet  & 

  2. North East Thames Regional Health Authority, 40, Eastbourne Terrace, W2 3QR, London, Great Britain

    Barry Barber

  3. Département Informatique, Université BORDEAUX II, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux Cedex, France

    Roger Salamon

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Inman, D.W., Henry, J., Melville, P. (1981). Simulation and Queueing Models to Assist Planning of Accident and Emergency Services. In: Grémy, F., Degoulet, P., Barber, B., Salamon, R. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 81. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93169-7_36

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