A computer simulation of patient flow in a public psychiatric emergency service.
A simulation model of the walk-in emergency psychiatric service of a large metropolitan public hospital has been developed using Dynamo simulation language on an IBM-PC microcomputer. The model reveals the basis of equilibrium in the system, despite the rising demand for service.
D003198:Computer Simulation; D003625:Data Collection; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006773:Hospitals, Municipal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012985:Software Design; D013781:Texas; D014505:Urban Population