Discrete Event Simulation

How it works

Evidence quality

Where it comes from

Highlighted claims

• The simulation model was built from Perined clinical data covering 44,461 neonates and 48,180 admissions from 2016 to 2021. — Impact assessment of neonatal care interventions on regional neonatal care capacity: a simulation study based on clinical data in the Netherlands
• The model was implemented in Python using the open-source salabim package. — Impact assessment of neonatal care interventions on regional neonatal care capacity: a simulation study based on clinical data in the Netherlands
• The simulation routed inside-region patients to the nearest suitable hospital and rejected them outside the region if no regional bed was available. — Impact assessment of neonatal care interventions on regional neonatal care capacity: a simulation study based on clinical data in the Netherlands
• The model used 100 one-year simulation iterations per scenario with a warm-up period. — Impact assessment of neonatal care interventions on regional neonatal care capacity: a simulation study based on clinical data in the Netherlands