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Abstract | ||
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Walk-in clinics have grown in popularity in the United States as a substitute for traditional medical care delivered in primary care clinics and emergency rooms. Walk-in clinics offer an affordable option for basic medical services when compared to a hospital emergency room or an urgent care clinic. This type of medical facility simplifies the health care process for many patients with non-life threatening conditions since no previous appointments are required to see a provider. However, the open access nature and lack of patient scheduling can lead to long wait times for patients or long periods of idle time for providers. In this paper, we derive a discrete event simulation model to study pure walk-in clinics where patients are served without appointments. A case study is discussed that considers a walk-in clinic located in central Texas. The computational study provides useful insights that are applicable to any walk-in health care facility.
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Year | DOI | Venue |
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2017 | 10.5555/3242181.3242419 | WSC '17: Winter Simulation Conference
Las Vegas
Nevada
December, 2017 |
Field | DocType | ISSN |
Health care,Patient waiting,Systems engineering,Computer science,Walk-in clinic,Scheduling (computing),Popularity,Medical emergency,Emergency rooms,Discrete event simulation,Idle time | Conference | 0891-7736 |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
978-1-5386-3427-1 | 0 | 0.34 |
References | Authors | |
0 | 4 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haydon D. Reese | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Vivekanand Anandhan | 2 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Eduardo Pérez | 3 | 15 | 3.28 |
| Clara Novoa | 4 | 71 | 5.34 |