STOCHASTIC MODELLING IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

Srinivas R. Chakravarthy

2011

Abstract

We are at a point in time where healthcare (in USA) is getting more attention from law makers, government agencies, doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and population at large. The costs for healthcare have been steadily growing. The healthcare system offers challenging and interesting opportunities for operations researchers from both theoretical and practical points of view. This paper is an attempt to use simulation as a tool to study a healthcare system at a macroscopic level.

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R. Chakravarthy S. (2011). STOCHASTIC MODELLING IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS . In Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-8425-78-2, pages 109-115. DOI: 10.5220/0003576101090115


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@conference{simultech11,
author={Srinivas R. Chakravarthy},
title={STOCHASTIC MODELLING IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS},
booktitle={Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2011},
pages={109-115},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003576101090115},
isbn={978-989-8425-78-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - STOCHASTIC MODELLING IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
SN - 978-989-8425-78-2
AU - R. Chakravarthy S.
PY - 2011
SP - 109
EP - 115
DO - 10.5220/0003576101090115