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Title: |
A Framework For Emergency Department Capacity Planning Using System
Dynamics Approach And The Theory Of Constraints Philosophies |
Authors: |
Norazura Ahmad,
Noraida Abdul Ghan, Anton
Abdulbasah Kamil, Razman Mat Tahar |
Published in: |
(2010).ECMS 2010 Proceedings
edited by A Bargiela S A Ali D Crowley E J H Kerckhoffs. European Council for Modeling and Simulation.
doi:10.7148/2010 ISBN:
978-0-9564944-1-2 24th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Simulation Meets Global Challenges Kuala
Lumpur, June 1-4 2010 |
Citation
format: |
Ahmad, N., Abdul Ghan, N., Abdulbasah Kamil, A., & Mat Tahar, R.
(2010). A Framework For Emergency Department Capacity Planning Using System
Dynamics Approach And The Theory Of Constraints Philosophies. ECMS 2010
Proceedings edited by A Bargiela S A Ali D Crowley
E J H Kerckhoffs (pp. 143-148). European Council
for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2010-0143-0148 |
DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2010-0143-0148 |
Abstract: |
Patient waiting time and service
delivery problems characterize health care services and are more acute in an
emergency department (ED). With more patients needing care and fewer
resources to care for them, ED that operates at or above capacity is
inevitable. This paper is a review of work-in-progress of a study being
conducted in a government hospital in Penang, Malaysia. This paper proposes a
hybrid of System Dynamics (SD) approach and the Theory of Constraints (TOC)
in solving health capacity planning. The potential combination of these
methods will be reviewed that is hoped to reveal the synergy between the
established methods in addressing the health capacity planning options for
the long-term future. |
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