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Impact of Lean on patient cycle and waiting times at a rural district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2016 Background Prolonged waiting time is a source of patient dissatisfaction with health care and is negatively associated with patient satisfaction. Prolonged waiting times in many district hospitals result in many dissatisfied patients, overworked and ...
L. Naidoo, O. H. Mahomed
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Improving the waiting times within a hospice breathlessness service
BMJ Open Quality, 2019 Background Breathlessness, a common symptom in advanced disease, is a distressing, complex symptom that can profoundly affect the quality of one’s life.
Caroline Sime +2 more
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Waiting Times in Simulated Stock Markets [PDF]
Exploiting a precise reproduction of a stock exchange, the robustness of the Continuous Double Auction (CDA) mechanism, evaluated by means of the waiting time distributions, has been proved versus 36 different set ups made by varying both the operators ...
Cappellini, Alessandro +1 more
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The effects of waiting times on the bunkering decision for tramp ships
Maritime Transport ResearchThis study explores the influence of uncertain waiting times together with uncertain fuel prices, in the selection of bunker fuel stops for a shipowner engaged in tramp shipping.
Gabriel FUENTES +2 more
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Third degree waiting time discrimination: optimal allocation of a public sector health care treatment under rationing by waiting [PDF]
In many public health care systems treatment is rationed by waiting time. We examine the optimal allocation of a .xed supply of a treatment between di¤erent groups of patients.
Hugh Gravelle, Luigi Siciliani
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Contributions of anterior cingulate cortex and basolateral amygdala to decision confidence and learning under uncertainty. [PDF]
, 2019 The subjective sense of certainty, or confidence, in ambiguous sensory cues can alter the interpretation of reward feedback and facilitate learning. We trained rats to report the orientation of ambiguous visual stimuli according to a spatial stimulus ...
Hart, EE +7 more
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International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2015 AIMS To provide the best available evidence to determine the impact of nurse practitioner services on cost, quality of care, satisfaction and waiting times in the emergency department for adult patients.
N. Jennings +4 more
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A Lindley-type equation arising from a carousel problem [PDF]
, 2014 In this paper we consider a system with two carousels operated by one picker. The items to be picked are randomly located on the carousels and the pick times follow a phase-type distribution.
Adan, Ivo J. B. F. +2 more
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Optimal Waits and Charges in Health Insurance [PDF]
Waiting times are commonly used in the health sector to ration demand. We show that when money charges (coinsurance rates) are optimally set and there are no redistributional considerations, it is never optimal to have a positive waiting time if the ...
Hugh Gravelle, Luigi Siciliani
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Effect of walking and waiting times on travel time
Journal of Innovative Transportation, 2020 Real-time travel time estimation has nowadays been becoming increasingly important for advanced passenger information systems, traffic management systems, route guidance systems that are part of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
Halim Ceylan, Buket Çapalı
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