Journal article
Capacity Constraints and Cost-Effectiveness: A Discrete Event Simulation for Drug-Eluting Stents
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Waiting times for access to care, for example, for diagnostic imaging or surgery, are a highly relevant issue in health care. Waiting or deferred treatment caused by limited resource capacities can affect treatment success, quality of life, and costs. However, when treatment alternatives are compared in economic models, often unrestricted availability of resources is assumed, and dynamic changes in waiting lines remain unconsidered. …
Authors
Jahn B; Pfeiffer KP; Theurl E; Tarride J-E; Goeree R
Journal
Medical Decision Making, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 16–28
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
1 2010
DOI
10.1177/0272989x09336075
ISSN
0272-989X