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Using Queue Theory and Load-Leveling Principles to Identify a Simple Metric for Resource Planning in a Pediatric Emergency Department
| العنوان: | Using Queue Theory and Load-Leveling Principles to Identify a Simple Metric for Resource Planning in a Pediatric Emergency Department |
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| المؤلفون: | Jennifer M. Loso BS, Stephanie L. Filipp MPH, Matthew J. Gurka PhD, Michael K. Davis MD |
| المصدر: | Global Pediatric Health, Vol 8 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publishing, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Pediatrics |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Pediatrics, RJ1-570 |
| الوصف: | Increased waiting time in pediatric emergency departments is a well-recognized and complex problem in a resource-limited US health care system. Efforts to reduce emergency department wait times include modeling arrival rates, acuity, process flow, and human resource requirements. The aim of this study was to investigate queue theory and load-leveling principles to model arrival rates and to identify a simple metric for assisting with determination of optimal physical space and human resource requirements. We discovered that pediatric emergency department arrival rates vary based on time of day, day of the week, and month of the year in a predictable pattern and that the hourly change in pediatric emergency department waiting room census may be useful as a simple metric to identify target times for shifting resources to better match supply and demand at no additional cost. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2333-794X 2333794X |
| العلاقة: | https://doaj.org/toc/2333-794XTest |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2333794X20944665 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/15925e4bd43e41cdb442825c7f949594Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.15925e4bd43e41cdb442825c7f949594 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 2333794X |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/2333794X20944665 |