On Dimensioning Intensive Care Units

Nico Dijk () and Nikky Kortbeek ()
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Nico Dijk: University of Amsterdam
Nikky Kortbeek: University of Amsterdam

A chapter in Operations Research Proceedings 2007, 2008, pp 291-296 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Due to a limited ICU capacity patients can be rejected at both the Operating Theater (OT) and at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) within hospitals. The corresponding ICU-rejection probability is an important service factor for hospitals. A simple expression for this probability is not available. With c the ICU capacity (number of ICU beds), this paper provides analytic support for: (i) An M|G|c|c-approximation. (ii) A secure M|G|c−1|c−1 upper bound. The upper bound can be of practical interest so as to dimension the size of an ICU to secure a sufficiently small rejection probability.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77903-2_45

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