Providing Timely Access to Care: What is the Right Patient Panel Size?
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient SafetyPublished 1 April 2007
Linda V. Green, Sergei Savin, Mark Murray
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The simple probability model can be used to improve the timeliness of care while considering the constraints on physicians' working hours.
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The simple probability model can be used to improve the timeliness of care while considering the constraints on physicians' working hours.
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Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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