Research Article

A Probabilistic Patient Scheduling Model with Time Variable Slots

Table 3

Average weekly simulation results.

FIFO constantFIFO variableTime constantTime variable

Patient in the queue688.449532.918672.979356.143
Average sojourn value (weeks)9.9517.7879.8245.089
Center’s profit2703.6733199.1843434.2864130.612
Doctor inactive time (minutes)484.695210.920417.145154.695
No-show rate0.1240.1200.0810.085
Computing time (seconds)00.00217.55432.332