title: Computer simulation in allocation design of a health-care delivery system.
abstract: With the introduction of the concept of progressive patient care in the health-care delivery system, most hospitals now encounter a heterogeneous flow of patients through the various service units. This complicates the problem of allocation of beds and other facilities and equipment. In this paper, a simulation model has been developed by considering the flow of patients in a hospital as a multi-population immigration-birth-death process. Based upon this model, an algorithm has been developed for allocation of beds to various service units using a search process combined with total systems simulation.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy; D001513:Beds / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D003201:Computers; D003657:Decision Making; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011383:Progressive Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013597:Systems Analysis