 A review on simulation models applied to emergency medical service operationsZied Jemai (),
L. Aboueljinane and
E. Sahin
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: Emergency medical services (EMS) are public safety systems responsible for the pre-hospital stabilization and transport of seriously injured patients. The goal of such systems is to respond adequately to population calls by providing first aid services and transferring patients, when needed, to the emergency department of the appropriate hospital. In order to achieve this goal, a variety of tools (e.g. simulation, mathematical programming and queuing theory models) have been used to improve the performance of EMS. This paper focuses specifically on computer simulation models used for the analysis and improvement of EMS. In particular, we give a critical overview of the existing international literature on simulation models for EMS by pinpointing the issues considered, the associated modeling assumptions as well as the results obtained. Such a contribution is lacking in the current literature. Keywords: Emergency Medical Services; Simulation models; Ambulance deployment; Healthcare management; Operations management (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2013, 66 (4), pp.734 - 750. ⟨10.1016/j.cie.2013.09.017⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01672393 DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2013.09.017 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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