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. 2009 May 15;34(5):919–929. doi: 10.1007/s10916-009-9307-4

Table 1.

Input random factors

Distribution/ratios Probability model/value # of random streams Referred table Row
Distribution
Patient inter-arrival time c tBeta(α t, β t) + d t 12 Table 3 1
Treatment time c m,s,aBeta(α m,s,a, β m,s,a) + d m,s,a 10 Table 4 2
Boarding time Adult: 4270Beta(0.59, 6.53) + 1 1 3
Pediatric: 1110Beta(0.84, 4.32) + 3 1 4
Ratios
Patients’ severity and age P(m, s, t) 1 Table 5 5
LWBSA P(Adult, t) = 0.00109 NEDOCS(t)–0.0250 12 6
LWBSP P(Pediatric, t) = 0.000420 NEDOCS(t) + 0.0082 12 7
Adult entering different areas P(s, a) 5 Table 6 8
Patients getting admission P(m, s) 10 Table 7 9
Boarders were sent to ICU P(m, s) 10 Table 7 10

Total numbers of random number streams is 84

m: adult, pediatric; s: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue; a: Area 1, Area 2, Area 3, Fast Track;