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Table 1 Overview of closing policies and abbreviations

From: Closure simulation for reduction of emergency patient diversion: a discrete agent-based simulation approach to minimizing ambulance diversion

Policy

Abbreviations

Specifications

Policy 1

P1 100

P1 100%

Close when CI = 1 and reopen when CI < 1

P1 80

P1 80%

Close when CI = 1 and reopen when CI = 0.8

P1 60

P1 60%

Close when CI = 1 and reopen when CI = 0.6

Policy 2

P2 6

P2 6 h

Close when CI = 1 and reopen after 6 h

P2 12

P2 12 h

Close when CI = 1 and reopen after 12 h

P2 24

P2 24 h

Close when CI = 1 and reopen after 24 h

Policy 3

P3 80 6

P3 80% 6 h

Close when CI = 0.8 and reopen after 6 h

P3 80 12

P3 80% 12 h

Close when CI = 0.8 and reopen after 12 h

P3 80 24

P3 80% 24 h

Close when CI = 0.8 and reopen after 24 h