Table 4.

Discrete-event simulation publications classified by setting and outcome.

Setting/Outcome	Time and Efficiency	Financial and Cost Savings	Allocation of Resources/Schedule	Public Health	Others	Total	%
Clinic		[77,78]		[79,80]		4	2.3
Emergency Unit	[10,11,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104]		[105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113]		[1,114]	37	21.8
Intensive Unit	[115,116,117]		[118]			4	2.4
Laboratory	[16]					1	0.5
Nursing				[119]	[8]	2	1.2
Oncology	[120,121]	[122,123]				4	2.4
Operating Room	[124,125,126]		[127,128]			5	3
Orthopedic	[129,130,131]	[132]	[6,133]			6	3.6
Pathology			[134]			1	0.5
Pediatric			[135]			1	0.5
Therapy	[136,137]					2	1.2
Pharmacy	[138,139]					2	1.2
Radiology	[140,141,142,143,144]					5	3
Support Areas	[145]		[146,147,148]		[149]	5	3
Dental Area	[150]					1	0.5
Mammography	[151]					1	0.5
Patient State	[152]	[19,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163]		[164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171,172]		22	13
Medical Device				[173]		1	0.5
Medical Center	[12,14,22,27,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202]	[203,204,205,206]	[207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219,220,221,222,223]	[25,224,225,226,227,228]	[229,230,231,232,233,234]	66	38.9
Total	84	21	36	19	10	170
%	49.4	12.3	21.2	11.2	5.9		100