From: A review on the relation between simulation and improvement in hospitals
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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• The paper discusses an application of simulation • The discussed simulation model is stochastic. The current state does not determine the next state. • Goal of the simulation is to improve patient flow/process design or efficiency and resource capacity planning of primary processes (= processes related to patient care) • The simulation is concerned with processes within hospitals | • Other models than simulation • Deterministic simulation models • Applications outside the hospital • Simulations concerning processes in hospital systems in which multiple hospitals collaborate • Simulation models that support medical decision-making (related to guidelines), or preventing errors related to the treatment • No surveys and reviews • No staff rostering • Papers published before 1997 Papers written in other languages than English |