ICU Patient flow modelling using r-simmer

Written for the NHS-R Conference 2019

Based on:

Lawton T, McCooe M. POLICY: A novel modelling technique to predict resource -requirements in critical care - a case study. Future Healthc J. 2019;6(1):17–20. doi:10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-17 [http:https://futurehospital.rcpjournal.org/content/6/1/17.abstract] / [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6520084/]

Produced as a teaching package to expand use of the technique being used in the Health Foundation's Winter Pressures Modelling Project

Tom Lawton – @LawtonTri

Distributed under the GNU GPL

The Winter Pressures Modelling Project is part of the Health Foundation’s Applied Analytics programme. The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK.

Massive thanks to Iñaki Ucar, creator of r-simmer, for his support of the work - both in terms of advice and modifications to r-simmer to make it more suitable for this type of work.