Methodology of the Access to Care and Timing Simulation Model for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Care
| Autor: | 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, Lise Bélanger, Derek Atkins, null the RHSCIR Network |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry simulation model processes of care Psychological intervention Human factors and ergonomics Poison control medicine.disease Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health spinal cord injury 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Resource (project management) Physical medicine and rehabilitation Injury prevention Medicine Special Issue: Optimizing Clinical Decision Making in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord InjuryGuest Editor: Michael G. FehlingsIntroductions 030212 general & internal medicine Neurology (clinical) health progression model business Spinal cord injury 030217 neurology & neurosurgery operations research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neurotrauma |
| ISSN: | 1557-9042 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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