The use of a simulation model for planning ambulatory surgery

  • Authors:

  • Laurie Meier;Elliot Sigal;Frank R. Vitale

  • Affiliations:

  • Herman Smith Associates, Health Care Consultants, 535 Middlefield Road, #120, Menlo Park, California;University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, California;Herman Smith Associates, Health Care Consultants, 535 Middlefield Road, #120 Menlo Park, California

  • Venue:
  • WSC '85 Proceedings of the 17th conference on Winter simulation
  • Year:
  • 1985

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Abstract

A computer simulation model of a hospital operating room and a freestanding center with planned expansion was used to assist planners in analysis of a joint venture among surgeons, the hospital and the center. Methods used for projecting ambulatory surgery demand are described. A general overview of the model, the model inputs, outputs and use in decision-making is discussed.