Evaluating emergency department resource capacity using simulation

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Norazura, Abdul Ghani, Noraida, Abdulbasah Kamil, Anton, Mat Tahar, Razman, Teo, Aik Howe
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2012
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/19397/1/MAS%206%20%2011%202012%209-19.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/19397/; http://doi.org/10.5539/mas.v6n11p9
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Emergency departments open 24 hours every day and may receive patients at any time most unexpectedly.Adequate resource planning to meet the various demands in emergency departments is arguably amongst the most critical challenges faced by hospital administrators due to the complexity of the system a...