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Table 7 Outputs of different reservation policies for emergency patients

From: A discrete event simulation approach for reserving capacity for emergency patients in the radiology department

Performance measures

Base case

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Case 4

Examination quantity

Total

326.9

321.3

324.6

324.0

324.0

Emergency patients

132.6

134.1

133.2

132.7

132.0

Outpatients

127.4

122.3

126.2

125.4

125.0

Inpatients

66.8

64.9

65.1

65.9

67.0

Wait time (min)

Total

53.9

29.3

30.4

31.1

30.1

Emergency patients

1.8

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.9

Outpatients

96.6

53.6

54.7

56.6

54.8

Inpatients

78.0

43.0

44.5

45.8

44.2

Equipment utilization

 

99.3%

97.9%

98.8%

98.5%

98.7%