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Open Access
01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Cost impact of blocking: predictability of ICU patient throughput and cost variance using process modeling
Authors:
S Nabors, T Bountourelis, A Schaefer, L Luangkesorn, J Kharoufeh, L Maillart, W Yang, G Clermont
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
Efficient management of ICU patient turnover can significantly impact patient survival, medical expenses, overall satisfaction, and hospital operating expenses. Movement within a constrained healthcare delivery system is a dynamic and stochastic process that eludes traditional analysis and prediction tools. We hypothesized that simulation-based approaches allow for a better capture of the interaction between reality and policy, and therefore guide efficient ICU management. We developed a simulation process, modeling constrained hospital patient flow in a tertiary care cente and generated a cost-variance analysis derived from differences in that patient flow. …
