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Resource Requirements Planning for Hospitals Treating Serious Infectious Disease Cases

Resource Requirements Planning for Hospitals Treating Serious Infectious Disease Cases

Authors :
Patrick D. Finley
Griffin, Ann R. [Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center Department of Veterans Affairs, North Hills Ca ]
Mark A. Turnquist
Stephen J. Verzi
Eric D. Vugrin
Ricci, Karen J. [Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center Department of Veterans Affairs, North Hills Ca ]
Rachel Plotinsky
Tamar Wyte-Lake
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 2015.

Abstract

This report presents a mathematical model of the way in which a hospital uses a variety of resources, utilities and consumables to provide care to a set of in-patients, and how that hospital might adapt to provide treatment to a few patients with a serious infectious disease, like the Ebola virus. The intended purpose of the model is to support requirements planning studies, so that hospitals may be better prepared for situations that are likely to strain their available resources. The current model is a prototype designed to present the basic structural elements of a requirements planning analysis. Some simple illustrati ve experiments establish the mo del's general capabilities. With additional inve stment in model enhancement a nd calibration, this prototype could be developed into a useful planning tool for ho spital administrators and health care policy makers.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........5516facbe06de90d5aaab6eb467716de
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2172/1171661