Review of Modelling Approaches for Healthcare Simulation

• Autorzy: Bożena Mielczarek
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The goal of this paper is to present a summary of various simulation methods applied to health services and to discuss several internal and external determinants for selecting a particular simulation method to study a given managerial problem within the healthcare system. The analysis presented is based on a literature survey and considers four primary simulation techniques: Monte Carlo, discrete-event simulation, agent-based simulation and system dynamics. A range of internal and external factors are reviewed and characterised to determine the most suitable simulation technique for addressing a particular healthcare decision problem. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Simulation; Health care; Decision making; Monte Carlo method; Management

PL

Symulacja; Opieka zdrowotna; Podejmowanie decyzji; Metoda Monte Carlo; Zarządzanie

• Czasopismo: Operations Research and Decisions
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 26
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 55--72

Twórcy

autor

Bożena Mielczarek

• Wrocław University of Science and Technology

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.5277/ord160104