A system dynamics view of the acute bed blockage problem in the Irish healthcare system
An application of system dynamics in examining bed blockage at Irish hospitals. Implications of future demands including changes in demography are considered. Interventions using stock (post-acute beds) and flow (elderly patients) policies. Increasing capacity in post-acute beds is a counter-intuitive policy. Integrated solution is required to mitigate the bed blockage problem at large.
system dynamics irish healthcare system delayed discharge patient pathways capacity planning