Performance Measurement and Improvement of Healthcare Service Using Discrete Event Simulation in Bahir Dar Clinic

Subject Areas : Management of Technology and production

aregawi yemane ¹ , hagazi heniey ² , kidane Gidey Gebrehiwet ³

1 - industrial engineering, Faculty of mechanical and industrial engineering , bahirdar University ,bahirdar , Ethiopia
2 - industrial engineering,mekelle university,ethiopia
3 - industrial engineering, mekelle university,ethiopia

Received: 2019-06-09 Accepted : 2020-06-18 Published : 2021-12-01

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