Reduced outpatient waiting times with improved appointment scheduling: a simulation modelling approach

DOI10.1007/S00291-003-0122-XzbMath1092.90522OpenAlexW2057733989MaRDI QIDQ1402413

H. M. Gamlin, Paul R. Harper

Publication date: 27 August 2003

Published in: OR Spectrum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-003-0122-x

zbMATH Keywords

ModellingSimulationHealthcareOutpatient clinics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

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