Medicare pricing is known to indirectly influence provider prices and care provision for non-Medicare patients; however …

out-of-network emergency physician working at that hospital. Because patients do not choose their emergency physician …

patients, and how many patients, they will treat? Queuing models frequently assume individual servers operate independently of … physician’s shift and for patients in severe condition. Conclusion: Within more familiar groups, physicians appear willing to …

primary study period representing peak arrivals, 3.9% (n = 4,038) of patients LWBS. Using the derived model, the predicted … patient arrivals, treatment time, and ED boarding on the rate of patients who LWBS at one institution. More studies are needed …

In the face of high staffing costs, uncertain patient arrivals, and patients unsatisfied with long wait times, staffing … or in teams, and with patients of varying acuity levels. We show how our model helps to balance staffing costs and …

department (ED) utilization using detailed data on 150,000 patients who moved regions within Israel. We document that about half … admit patients is not explained by place-specific factors, such as differences in incentives, capacity, or diagnostic …