Salleh, S., Thokala, P. orcid.org/0000-0003-4122-2366, Brennan, A. et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Simulation Modelling in Healthcare: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Literature Reviews. PharmacoEconomics, 35. pp. 937-949. ISSN 1170-7690
Abstract
Background
Numerous studies examine simulation modelling in healthcare. These studies present a bewildering array of simulation techniques and applications, making it challenging to characterise the literature.
Objective
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the level of activity of simulation modelling in healthcare and the key themes.
Methods
We performed an umbrella review of systematic literature reviews of simulation modelling in healthcare. Searches were conducted of academic databases (JSTOR, Scopus, PubMed, IEEE, SAGE, ACM, Wiley Online Library, ScienceDirect) and grey literature sources, enhanced by citation searches. The articles were included if they performed a systematic review of simulation modelling techniques in healthcare. After quality assessment of all included articles, data were extracted on numbers of studies included in each review, types of applications, techniques used for simulation modelling, data sources and simulation software.
Results
The search strategy yielded a total of 117 potential articles. Following sifting, 37 heterogeneous reviews were included. Most reviews achieved moderate quality rating on a modified AMSTAR (A Measurement Tool used to Assess systematic Reviews) checklist. All the review articles described the types of applications used for simulation modelling; 15 reviews described techniques used for simulation modelling; three reviews described data sources used for simulation modelling; and six reviews described software used for simulation modelling. The remaining reviews either did not report or did not provide enough detail for the data to be extracted.
Conclusion
Simulation modelling techniques have been used for a wide range of applications in healthcare, with a variety of software tools and data sources. The number of reviews published in recent years suggest an increased interest in simulation modelling in healthcare.
Electronic supplementary material
The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s40273-017-0523-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Springer International Publishing Switzerland. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in PharmacoEconomics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2017 10:45 |
Last Modified: | 01 May 2020 09:23 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-017-0523-3 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s40273-017-0523-3 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:117480 |