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JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
卷 71, 期 7, 页码 1137-1144出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01605682.2020.1753955
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Emergency medical systems; ambulance offload delay; descriptive analytics; behavioural operational research
In this paper we compare the emergency department (ED) treatment processes which occur when an Ambulance Offload Zone (OZ) is functioning and when it is not. An OZ is a monitored waiting space for ambulance patients which is designed to allow ambulance crews to return to service more quickly. The implementation of OZ style concepts has been trialled around the world with mixed results. In this paper we use concurrent comparison data and show how treatment processes and the behaviour of ED actors change when the OZ is functioning. We discuss how these changes in behaviour impact the effectiveness of the OZ.
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