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Quantitative methods in healthcare


Fares Hamad ALJOHANI


Keywords

Quantitative methods, Queuing Theory Techniques, Program Evaluation Review Technique, Root Cause Analysis, Decision tree, Forecasting Methods

Abstract

It is not easy to make decisions in healthcare. Using quantitative methods in healthcare makes a decision more accurate. There are different quantitative methods that are used to make a decision in healthcare. This survey paper discusses five different quantitative methods in healthcare which are: queueing theory techniques, Program Evaluation Review, Root cause analysis, decision tree and forecasting method. This paper surveys different quantitative methods applied in different scenarios in the field of healthcare.



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