In this paper, an M/M/1 queue with working vacation and vacation interruption is investigated. The server is supposed to take a working vacation whenever the system becomes empty and if there are at least N customers waiting in the system at a service completion instant, vacation interruption happens and the server resumes a normal working period. A matrix geometric approach is employed to obta...

INTRODUCTION To decrease waiting times within accident and emergency (A&E) departments, various initiatives have been suggested including the use of a separate stream of care for minor injuries ("fast track"). This study aimed to assess whether a separate stream of minor injuries care in a UK A&E department decreases the waiting time, without delaying the care of those with more serious injury....

Background : Stress infertility is a problem that often faced by women of childbearing age. This course will trigger stress to peak when the unexpected menstruation finally arrives, which in fact indicates wife not pregnant. 
 Methods: The research design one-group pre-post test design. Respondents were taken purposive sampling technique with sample 30 people who met inclusion and exclusio...

This paper is the second to result from a one-year study at St. Thomas' Hospital, London conducted in 1965-6, a full report of which study (Bithell, 1968) has been presented to the Governors of the Hospital. Any study of hospital waiting lists needs to distinguish carefully between statistics relating to patients on a waiting list at any time and those relating to patients admitted to or taken ...

BACKGROUND Prioritization of waiting lists for elective surgery represents a major issue in public systems in view of the fact that patients often suffer from consequences of long waiting times. In addition, administrative and standardized data on waiting lists are generally lacking in Italy, where no detailed national reports are available. This is true although since 2002 the National Governm...

BACKGROUND In Canada waiting lists for bariatric surgery are common, with wait times on average > 5 years. The meaning of waiting for bariatric surgery from the patients' perspective must be understood if health care providers are to act as facilitators in promoting satisfaction with care and quality care outcomes. The aims of this study were to explore patients' perceptions of waiting for bari...