In order to maintain tractability and gain some insight into. the role of SDUs in the care of Critical patients, we focus on the case where the SDU is a true âStep Down. Unitâ and patients are admitted only after being discharged from the ICU. We introduce a queueing model of Critical patients who arrive to the ICU.
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