Impact of Telemedicine on Healthcare Service System Considering Patients’ Choice
Telemedicine is an effective way to alleviate the congestion of hospitals and improve the utilization of medical resources. In this paper, we develop a stylized queue model to study whether the hospital should adopt telemedicine service and in which form (the gatekeeper system or dual-channel servic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2019-01-01
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Series: | Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7642176 |