Network analysis of patient flow in two UK acute care hospitals identifies key sub-networks for A&E performance.

The topology of the patient flow network in a hospital is complex, comprising hundreds of overlapping patient journeys, and is a determinant of operational efficiency. To understand the network architecture of patient flow, we performed a data-driven network analysis of patient flow through two acut...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Daniel M Bean, Clive Stringer, Neeraj Beeknoo, James Teo, Richard J B Dobson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5624623?pdf=render