van der Vaart, Taco; Vastag, Gyula; Wijngaard, Jacob - In: International Journal of Production Economics 133 (2011) 1, pp. 201-211
This paper, using detailed time measurements of patients complemented by interviews with hospital management and staff, examines three facets of an emergency room's (ER) operational performance: (1) effectiveness of the triage system in rationing patient treatment; (2) factors influencing ER's...