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ArticleJournal of neurotrauma2017

Methodology of the Access to Care and Timing Simulation Model for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Care.

Argelio Santos, Nader Fallah, Rachel Lewis, Marcel F Dvorak, Michael G Fehlings, Anthony S Burns, Vanessa K Noonan, Christiana L Cheng, Elaine Chan, Anoushka Singh and 2 more

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Article in Journal of neurotrauma, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Argelio SantosRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Nader FallahRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Rachel LewisSauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Marcel F DvorakDepartment of Orthopedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Michael G FehlingsDepartment of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Anthony S BurnsDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Vanessa K NoonanRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Christiana L ChengRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Elaine ChanRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Anoushka SinghSCI Clinical Research Unit, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lise BélangerAcute Spine Unit, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Derek AtkinsSauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the relatively low incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI), the management and care of persons with tSCI can be resource intensive and complex, spanning multiple phases of care and disciplines. Using a simulation model built with a system level view of the healthcare system allows for prediction of the impact of interventions on patient and system outcomes from injury through to community reintegration after tSCI. As has been previously described, the Access to Care and Timing (ACT) project developed a simulation model for tSCI care using techniques from operations research. The objective of this article is to briefly describe the methodology and the application of the ACT Model, as it was used in several of the articles in this focus issue. The approaches employed in this model provide a framework to look into the complexity of interactions both within and among the different SCI programs, sites, and phases of care.

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health progression modeloperations researchprocesses of caresimulation modelspinal cord injury

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PMID28285549
PMCPMC5652975

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