Masters Theses
Keywords and Phrases
Capacity planning; Discrete event simulation; Hospital behavior
Abstract
"In order to provide access to care in a timely manner, it is necessary to effectively manage the allocation of limited resources such as beds. Bed management is key to the effective delivery of high-quality and low-cost healthcare. An efficient utilization of beds requires a detailed understanding of the hospital's operational behavior. It is necessary to understand the behavior of a hospital in order to make necessary adjustments to its resources, and policies, which can improve patient's access to care. The aim of this research was to develop a discrete event simulation to assist in planning and staff scheduling decisions. Each department's performance measures were taken into consideration separately to understand and quantify the behavior of individual departments, and the hospital system as a whole. Several scenarios were analyzed to determine the impact on reducing the number of patients waiting in queue, waiting time for patients, and length of stay of patients. From the results, the departments that have long queues of patients, waiting times, and lengths of stay are detailed to predict how the hospital reacts to patient flow"--Abstract, page iv.
Advisor(s)
Cudney, Elizabeth A.
Committee Member(s)
Guardiola, Ivan
Murray, Susan L.
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Engineering Management
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Publication Date
Fall 2015
Journal article titles appearing in thesis/dissertation
- Systematic review of operations research and simulation models for bed management
- A decision support simulation model for bed management in healthcare
Pagination
x, 48 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Rights
© 2015 Raja Anvesh Baru, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Health services administration -- Decision making -- Computer simulationMedical informaticsDecision support systemsDiscrete-time systems -- Simulation methodsQueuing theory
Thesis Number
T 10780
Electronic OCLC #
936205963
Recommended Citation
Baru, Raja A., "A decision support simulation model for bed management in healthcare" (2015). Masters Theses. 7460.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/7460
Included in
Health Services Administration Commons, Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering Commons