A survey of stochastic models for modelling of patient flow

Khanh Ngo Cong (1) , Maria Di Mascolo (2) , Alexia Gouin (1)

1 GIPSA-SED - GIPSA - Systèmes à événements discrets
2 G-SCOP_GCSP - Gestion et Conduite des Systèmes de Production

This paper provides a survey of stochastic models in health care delivery systems from 1998 to 2007. It focuses on applications of analytical methods (Markov chains, compartmental models, queuing theory) or a combination of analytical methods and simulation. The aim of this paper is to show how each of these methods is used in the literature for modelling and analysing patient flow in a health care system.

Mots clés: patient flow; discrete-event simulation; health service; stochastic models

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique

Khanh Ngo Cong, Maria Di Mascolo, Alexia Gouin. A survey of stochastic models for modelling of patient flow. ORAHS 2007 - 33rd International Conference on Operational Research Applied to Health Services, Jul 2007, Saint Etienne, France. pp.10. ⟨hal-00186588⟩