Review of modelling approaches for healthcare simulation

Bożena Mielczarek

Operations Research and Decisions, 2016, vol. 26, issue 1, 55-72

Abstract: The goal of this paper is to present a summary of various simulation methods applied to health services and to discuss several internal and external determinants for selecting a particular simulation method to study a given managerial problem within the healthcare system. The analysis presented is based on a literature survey and considers four primary simulation techniques: Monte Carlo, discrete-event simulation, agent-based simulation and system dynamics. A range of internal and external factors are reviewed and characterised to determine the most suitable simulation technique for addressing a particular healthcare decision problem.

Keywords: simulation; healthcare; decision support; management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.5277/ord160104

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