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Table 9 Validation test by comparing LOS from the simulation with data collection

From: Resource management framework using simulation modeling and multi-objective optimization: a case study of a front-end department of a public hospital in Thailand

 

Patients’ type 1

Patients’ type 2

Patients’ type 3

Patients’ type 4

Actual average (min)

56.47

25.52

38.89

53.86

Actual SD

41.90

25.93

22.38

34.90

N

167

79

46

73

Simulation average (min)

56.60

27.40

37.70

47.90

Simulation SD

27.20

20.90

20.40

27.60

N

3999

1158

1226

6244

p value

0.95

0.45

0.70

0.07

Replication error

1.49%

4.38%

3.02%

1.43%