Research Article
A Simulated Discrete-Event and Queuing Model to Reduce Transfers from the Emergency Department and to Optimize Hospital Bed Management
Table 1
Admission number (mean ± SD) and median length of stay (LOS, days) by day as a function of study group.
| | | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| | Priority group 1 | | | | | | | | | Admission number | 5.8 ± 2.2 | 4.6 ± 2.2 | 4.7 ± 2.6 | 4.4 ± 2.3 | 3.9 ± 2.1 | 0.8 ± 1 | 0.9 ± 1 | | LOS | 9.3 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 10.5 | | Priority group 2 | | | | | | | | | Admission number | 33.8 ± 6.9 | 31.7 ± 6.9 | 32.2 ± 5.3 | 26.7 ± 6 | 25.4 ± 5.3 | 12.8 ± 3.5 | 13.7 ± 3.9 | | LOS | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 5.4 | | Nonpriority group 1 | | | | | | | | | Admission number | 8.6 ± 2.7 | 7.9 ± 2.1 | 8.3 ± 2.3 | 7.8 ± 2.5 | 9.3 ± 3.4 | 7.3 ± 2.1 | 6.2 ± 2.4 | | LOS | 12.9 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 11.8 | 11.5 | | Nonpriority group 2 | | | | | | | | | Admission number | 8.7 ± 3 | 7.8 ± 2.7 | 9.8 ± 3.6 | 9.4 ± 3 | 8.5 ± 3.3 | 7 ± 2.9 | 6.5 ± 2.3 | | LOS | 9.7 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
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