TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Generic Simulation Optimization Model of Emergency
Department Resource Capacity
AU - Ahmad, Norazura AU - Ramli, Razamin AU - Hew, Jafri Zulkepli AU - Teo, Aik Howe AU - Ghani, Noraida Abdul AU - Abduljabbar, Waleed Khalid 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 6
SP  - 1558
EP  - 1565
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.1558.1565
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.1558.1565
KW  - Emergency department
KW  -discrete event simulation
KW  -health care modeling
KW  -actual data
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - This study discusses the development of a discrete event simulation model for an Emergency
Department (ED) in a government hospital. We present a generalized ED model that is developed by using
discrete event simulation which can be adapted by other EDs in Malaysian government hospitals.
Generalization in the model refers to the modeling of patients in terms of the primary process flow, patient
prioritization and resource allocation. The developed model can be used to test different process scenarios,
provide useful insights for possible areas of improvement, direct specific resource allocation for maximal impact
and perform activity based on cost analysis. From a case study on ED the computational results show that the
estimates of the distribution parameters are as accurately as the simulated results obtained which are consistent
with actual data.
ER  -