Patients’ Prioritization on Surgical Waiting Lists: A Decision Support System
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Admissions from surgical waiting lists.
Many factors tend to reduce the efficiency of bed utilization in general hospitals. A numerically small, but clinically well-recognized, cause of wastage arises from the failure of waiting list patients to attend for admission when offered beds. The relative severity of the problem varies between clinical specialties, according to the proportions of total admissions accounted for by waiting lis...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Mathematics
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2227-7390
DOI: 10.3390/math9101097