DocumentCode
1694743
Title
Modeling and analysis of care delivery services within patient rooms
Author
Wang, Junwen ; Li, Jingshan ; Howard, Patricia K.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Ind. & Syst. Eng., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
fYear
2011
Firstpage
537
Lastpage
542
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a Markov chain model to study the care delivery services within the patient rooms. Closed formulas to evaluate the patient length of stay and staff utilizations are developed. To illustrate the method, a numerical example is presented and monotonic properties are discussed. Such a model provides a quantitative tool for healthcare professionals to study and improve patient flow in care deliveries.
Keywords
Markov processes; health care; patient care; Markov chain model; care delivery services; healthcare professionals; monotonic properties; patient flow; patient rooms; quantitative tool; staff utilizations; Discharges; Medical services; Numerical models; Length of stay; Markov chain; care delivery services; patient flow; patient room;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2011 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Trieste
ISSN
2161-8070
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1730-7
Electronic_ISBN
2161-8070
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CASE.2011.6042470
Filename
6042470
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