Optimizing Emergency Department Patient Flow Through Bed Allocation Strategies: A Discrete-Event Simulation Study.

Emergency department (ED) overcrowding and prolonged length of stay (LOS) remain critical issues in healthcare systems. This study compared 4 bed allocation strategies to optimize patient flow and resource utilization in a regional teaching hospital in Taiwan. A discrete-event simulation model was d...

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Publicado en:Inquiry (00469580) Vol. 62; pp. 1 - 10
Autores principales: Wang, Sen-Tian, Weng, Shao-Jen, Yeh, Ting-Yu, Chen, Chih-Hao, Tsai, Yao-Te
Formato: algorithm research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 4/29/2025
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