Application of computer simulation modeling in the health care sector: a survey

B Mielczarek, J Uziałko-Mydlikowska - Simulation, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This article aims to present examples of computer simulation models that support decision-
making processes in the health care sector. The objective of this review is to propose a …

Antimalarial drug resistance, artemisinin-based combination therapy, and the contribution of modeling to elucidating policy choices.

S Yeung, W Pongtavornpinyo… - … journal of tropical …, 2004 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
Increasing resistance of Plasmodium falciparum malaria to antimalarial drugs is posing a
major threat to the global effort to" Roll Back Malaria". Chloroquine and sulfadoxine …

A taxonomy of model structures for economic evaluation of health technologies

A Brennan, SE Chick, R Davies - Health economics, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Models for the economic evaluation of health technologies provide valuable
information to decision makers. The choice of model structure is rarely discussed in …

Simulation for emergency care process reengineering in hospitals

SJ Shim, A Kumar - Business Process Management Journal, 2010 - emerald.com
Purpose–Using computer simulation, this paper seeks to model the emergency care process
in a hospital and evaluate the effects of some proposed changes to improve patient wait …

The evaluation of disease prevention and treatment using simulation models

R Davies, P Roderick, J Raftery - European Journal of Operational …, 2003 - Elsevier
Health policy models provide measures of the effectiveness and costs of complex health
care interventions making it possible to compare different policies. We look at the validity of …

Use of discrete-event simulation to evaluate strategies for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in develo** countries

MS Rauner, SC Brailsford, S Flessa - Journal of the Operational …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
HIV/AIDS affects over 40 million people worldwide, and more than 70% of these people live
in Africa. Mother-to-child transmission of HIV accounts for over 90% of all HIV infections in …

Managing health care decisions and improvement through simulation modeling

HH Forsberg, H Aronsson, C Keller… - Quality Management in …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Simulation modeling is a way to test changes in a computerized environment to give ideas
for improvements before implementation. This article reviews research literature on …

Efficient allocation of resources to prevent HIV infection among injection drug users: the Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP) needle exchange program

ZK Harris - Health economics, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study is to determine the allocation of resources within a multi‐site
needle exchange program (NEP) that achieves the largest possible reduction in new HIV …

[HTML][HTML] The facts on the ground: Evaluating humanitarian fleet management policies using simulation

L Gu, IO Ryzhov, M Eftekhar - European journal of operational research, 2021 - Elsevier
In humanitarian fleet management, the performance of purchase, assignment, and sales
decisions is determined by dynamic interactions between the fleet composition, the time …

Simulating staffing needs for surgical instrument distribution in hospitals

A Kumar, SJ Shim - Journal of Medical systems, 2006 - Springer
Timely and accurate delivery of surgical instruments to operating rooms is critical for success
in surgical operations in hospitals. The National Hospital of Singapore was facing several …