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Analysing the Balance of Human and Physical Resources in Outpatient Departments during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Production Engineering Archives
Volume 31 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
By: Bruno S. F. GonçalvesORCID,  Erik Teixeira LopesORCID,  Leonor Taborda Fernandes,  Jorge Pereira and  Rui M. LimaORCID  
Open Access
|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2025.31.6 | Journal eISSN: 2353-7779 | Journal ISSN: 2353-5156
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Language: English
Page range: 65 - 72
Submitted on: Oct 7, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 26, 2024
Published on: Feb 28, 2025
Published by: Quality and Production Managers Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Lean Healthcare,
Discrete-Event Simulation,
Outpatient Department,
COVID Pandemic,
Hospital Operations Management
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Business management, other,
Engineering,
Mechanical engineering,
Production technology,
Process engineering and industrial engineering,
Materials sciences,
Materials sciences, other

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