Operational Research for Emergency Planning in Healthcare: Volume 2

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Operational Research for Healthcare Emergency Planning at a Strategic Level....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Emergency and On-Demand Healthcare: Modeling a Large Complex System....Pages 13-30
Assessing the Impact of Systems Modeling in the Redesign of an Emergency Department....Pages 31-47
Using Simulation to Assess Cardiac First-Responder Schemes Exhibiting Stochastic and Spatial Complexities....Pages 48-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
The DH Accident and Emergency Department Model: A National Generic Model Used Locally....Pages 71-91
Looking in the Wrong Place for Healthcare Improvements: A System Dynamics Study of an Accident and Emergency Department....Pages 92-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
System Dynamics Mapping of Acute Patient Flows....Pages 125-147
Planning for Disaster: Developing a Multi-Agency Counselling Service....Pages 148-175
Simulations for Epidemiology and Public Health Education....Pages 176-202
Proposing a Systems Vision of Knowledge Management in Emergency Care....Pages 203-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
An Analysis of the Academic Literature on Simulation and Modeling in Health Care....Pages 231-251
Applications of Simulation within the Healthcare Context....Pages 252-295
System Dynamics Applications to European Healthcare Issues....Pages 296-315
One Hundred Years of Operational Research in Health—UK 1948–2048....Pages 316-338
Back Matter....Pages 339-344