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Quantifying the effect of complications on patient flow, costs and surgical throughputs

BACKGROUND: Postoperative adverse events are known to increase length of stay and cost. However, research on how adverse events affect patient flow and operational performance has been relatively limited to date. Moreover, there is paucity of studies on the use of simulation in understanding the eff...

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Autores principales: Almashrafi, Ahmed, Vanderbloemen, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5073872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27769228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0372-6