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Application Of Queuing Theory And Procedure Time Estimation In A Local Healthcare System, Galina Tsoy
Application Of Queuing Theory And Procedure Time Estimation In A Local Healthcare System, Galina Tsoy
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations
People in the United States pay more for their basic healthcare needs than do people in any other nation in the world. When we consider that the United States is the wealthiest nation in the world, controlling the majority of the world's resources, it seems only reasonable to ask: Why should it be this way?
In an effort to address this problem, this thesis examines two possible methods of improving health care efficiency in hospitals. The thesis is thus in two parts: the first part examines resource allocation in medical units using Queuing Theory, and the second part examines a …