An Erlang-based stochastic model for patient flow Academic Article

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. 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Cote, Murray

published proceedings

• OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

author list (cited authors)

• Cote, M. J., & Stein, W. E.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Cote, MJ||Stein, WE

publication date

• June 2000

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• OMEGA International Journal of Management Science  Journal

keywords

• Estimation
• Health Service
• Markov Chain
• Stochastic Models

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/S0305-0483(99)00045-6

start page

• 347

end page

• 359

volume

• 28

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0305-0483(99)00045-6