Title :
Simulation modelling for performance measurement in healthcare
Author :
Gunal, Murat M. ; Pidd, Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. Sci., Lancaster Univ.
Abstract :
Discrete event simulation is widely used to model healthcare systems with a view to their improvement. Most applications focus on discrete aspects of healthcare, such as accident and emergency rooms or outpatient clinics. However, despite this success with simulation at an operational level, there are no reported uses of discrete event simulation for the development and improvement of health policy. We describe the development of such a policy-oriented model, aimed at improving performance assessment in the UK National Health Service
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; health care; discrete event simulation; healthcare; performance measurement; policy-oriented model; simulation modeling; Accidents; Bioinformatics; Discrete event simulation; Financial management; Genomics; Hospitals; Logistics; Measurement; Medical services; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2005 Proceedings of the Winter
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9519-0
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2005.1574567
