A Numerical Solution for Time Dependent, Multi-Channel Queues and an Application to the Acute Minor Illness Clinic, Silas B. Hays Hospital, Fort Ord, California.
Abstract
Faced with a dwindling supply of Medical Officers, the United States Army has installed the AMOSIST (nonprofessional medical person) Program in many treatment facilities. The program uses specially trained physician extenders to treat ambulatory patients under a physician's supervision. The present study presents a model for the operation of the Acute Minor Illness Clinic (AMIC) part of the program installed at Silas B. Hays Hospital, Fort Ord, California. The study draws an analogy between the clinic and a multi-channel, time dependent queueing system. An analytic model is presented which uses time dependent arrivals and server schedules and determines expected queue size, expected delay and the probability of delays exceeding a given maximum length. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0787443
Entities
People
- David Lester Vanasdlen
- Leonard Otto Wahlig
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School