"Main Factors of Surgical Deferment in Elective Surgery: A System Dinamics Analysis"

Abstract

"The deferral of elective surgery is an underestimated problem in health care services. Literature reports cancelation as the usual procedure to deal with this, even though patient health is at risk with such decision, elective is not optional. The present work reports a simulation model using System Dynamics which represents the behavior of elective surgery deferral, and this model is used to conduct an analysis of relationship among modeled variables to highlight main reasons of elective surgery deferral. The developed model probed to have potential to become a tool to assist on design and enhancement of improvement of surgical service strategies."