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The Diffusion of Discrete Event Simulation Approaches in Health Care Management in the Past Four Decades: A Comprehensive Review.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Patient-level simulation models in cancer care: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Application of Discrete Event Simulation Models for COPD Management: A Systematic Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Pooled it
- On simulation reuse in healthcare applications.Simulation · 2026Article
- Discrete Event Simulation in R using the 'Simmer' Package for Health Economic Modelling: A Tutorial and Illustration in Colon Cancer.Applied health economics and health policy · 2025Review
- Implementing system dynamics in hospital services to improve operational efficiency: An empirical research study.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
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- Using simulation modelling and systems science to help contain COVID-19: A systematic review.Systems research and behavioral science · 2022Article
- Simulation Study of the Impact of COVID-19 Policies on the Efficiency of a Smart Clinic MRI Service.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Four Aspects Affecting Health Economic Decision Models and Their Validation.PharmacoEconomics · 2022Article
- Applying Discrete Event Simulation to Reduce Patient Wait Times and Crowding: The Case of a Specialist Outpatient Clinic with Dual Practice System.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Discrete-Event Simulation Modeling in Healthcare: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Designing optimal COVID-19 testing stations locally: A discrete event simulation model applied on a university campus.PloS one · 2021Article
- Quantifying Dynamic Flow of Emergency Department (ED) Patient Managements: A Multistate Model Approach.Emergency medicine international · 2020Article
- Optimal Planning of Health Services through Genetic Algorithm and Discrete Event Simulation: A Proposed Model and Its Application to Stroke Rehabilitation Care.MDM policy & practiceArticle
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Abstract
This study systematically examines the diffusion of the discrete event simulation (DES) approach in health services and health care management by examining relevant factors such as research areas, channels with the objective of promoting the application of DES in the health field. We examined 483 journal papers referencing this approach that were published in 230 journals during 1981 to 2014. The application of DES has extended from health service operational research evaluation to the assessment of interventions in diverse health arenas. The increase in the number of adopters (paper authors) of DES and the increase in number of related channels (journals publishing DES-related articles) are highly correlated, which suggests an increase of DES-related publications in health research. The same conclusion is reached, that is, an increased diffusion of DES in health research, when we focus on the temporal trends of the channels and adopters. The applications of DES in health research cover 22 major areas based on our categorization. The expansion in the health areas also suggests to a certain extent the rapid diffusion of DES in health research.
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