Research Article
Planning Capacity for Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Emergency Department: A Discrete-Event Simulation Approach
Table 3
Numerical validation of the simulation model.
| | Metric | From historical data | Output from simulation (95% CI) |
| | NMHA number of arrivals | 58,947 | 58,939.3 (58,819.1–59,059.5) | | Average NMHA ED LOS (h) | 6.1 | 6.1 (5.8–6.3) | | MHA number of arrivals | 6,131 | 6,141.2 (6,108.5–6,174) | | Average MHA ED LOS (h) | 7.6 | 7.7 (7.6–7.8) | | Average overall ED LOS (h) | 6.2 | 6.2 (5.9–6.4) |
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