Application of Simulation Model in Healthcare System For Surge Capacity Evaluation

نویسندگان

  • Xi Ouyang
  • Lisa Patvivatsiri
  • Elliot J. Montes
چکیده

Healthcare systems, as one of the key public infrastructures, have arisen more concerns to the society after September 11. This paper presents a preliminary study of healthcare system preparedness within a county level if a bioterrorist attack occurs. Discrete event simulation model was developed to evaluate the staff utilization and resource capability for such hypothetical bioterrorist attack scenario. The simulation result indicated that in case mass emergencies occur, some treatment departments would face scarcity of staffs and encounter more patient queuing problems. This result would help the healthcare management to allocate and optimize resources during an event of surge capacity. KeywordsHealthcare, Simulation, Surge capacity, Bioterrorism

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تاریخ انتشار 2006