Research Article
A New Scenario-Based Simulation Model for Cost Management of Healthcare Services through Improving the Efficiency of the Health Centers
Table 13
The costs of lithotripsy department based on selected scenarios.
| Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
| The current state of the system | 225001.2633 | 216270.388 | 227851.6678 | 221249.8174 | 238041.036 | 308640.7246 |
| Scheduling scenarios of technicians’ presence on different days of the week | Scenario 8 | 225001.2633 | 212023.5859 | 224687.4311 | 219549.4615 | 237707.636 | 308640.7246 |
| Scheduling scenarios of patient visits on different days of the week | UNIF (600, 1800) | UNIF (900, 1500) | UNIF (900, 1500) | UNIF (900, 1500) | UNIF (900, 1500) | UNIF (600, 900) | 203767.3733 | 199116.5751 | 199116.5751 | 198986.6396 | 201490.9755 | 205088.6891 |
| Scheduling scenarios of patient visits plus overtime on different days of the week | UNIF (1200, 1500) | UNIF (900, 2100) | UNIF (900, 2100) | UNIF (1200, 1800) | UNIF (1500, 1800) | UNIF (1200, 1500) | 199356.7679 | 194762.3541 | 194762.3541 | 197010.3686 | 196064.6547 | 215998.467 |
| Investigating factors that reduce patient cancellation rate | 216048.1 | 202195.8 | 209076.3 | 200761.8 | 202735 | 296572.4 |
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