Journal:
:iranian red crescent medical journal
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afsoon aeenparast department of health services management, mother and child health research center, iranian institute for health sciences research, acecr, tehran, ir iran; clinical research center, milad hospital, tehran, ir iran; department of health services management, mother and child health research center, iranian institute for health sciences research p.o. box: 13145-1756, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2166480804, fax: +98-2166480805
seyed jamaleddin tabibi school of management science and medical information, tehran university of medical sciences and health services, tehran, ir iran
kamran shahanaghi college of industrial engineering, iran university of science and technology, tehran, ir iran
mir bahador aryanejhad college of industrial engineering, iran university of science and technology, tehran, ir iran
conclusions using the simulation as a decision making tool helps us to decide how we can reduce outpatient's waiting time. comparison of outputs of this scenario and the based- case scenario in simulation model shows that combining physician's work time changing with patient's admission time changing (scenario 9) would reduce patient waiting time about 73.09%. due to dynamic and complex nature ...