Characterization of Services in a Healthcare Network

• Leonardo de O. Jasmim LNCC
• Artur Ziviani LNCC
• Marcia Ito IBM Research Brazil
• Paulo B. Paiva UNIFESP

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbcas.2017.3722

Abstract

Healthcare networks are a complex system. Currently, there is trend towards applying methods from complex network analysis to model and analyze such systems. This approach enables the study of the flow of patients through the care services in order to identify relevant patterns, improve resource allocation, and promote better service to the population. This is an ongoing work in which we present a first exploratory study aiming at characterizing the assistance in a public healthcare network, which is a starting point for a broader study of the patient flows based on the theory of complex networks.

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