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Advantages of the line-based KDE by design are (i) a better representation of utilization density near GPS points when compared against the BB approach, and (ii) the ability to model and retain movement corridors when compared against point-KDE.

The data are therefore representative for Switzerland and we consider the multilevel approach as a more appropriate spatial representation of utilization and the provision of ambulatory care resources than other Swiss analyses based on administrative or political boundaries [ 14- 17].

Use of a sequential logit model to examine utilization of specialty care resulted in a detailed representation of utilization behaviors and patient characteristics that impact these behaviors at all stages within the health care system.

The Commitment Index (CI) provides an alternative representation of patient utilization patterns.

Therefore, we consider this approach as an appropriate representation of the utilization and provision of primary care within the legal and institutional framework of Swiss health care.

Figure 4 illustrates how RI and CI may provide significantly different representations of patient utilization patterns.

Two performance indicators are developed: efficiency coefficient (a representation of the effective utilization of latent heat storage capacity) and effectiveness coefficient (a representation of improvement of indoor thermal comfort).

As this paper demonstrates, without this bias a much better representation of the actual utilization and provision of resources in Swiss primary care can be achieved.

However, 87% of patients were hospitalized within their own canton of residence and since DRGs were introduced mostly on a cantonal level we consider our spatial model as a reasonable trade-off between the requirements of high geographic resolution and a valid representation of the regional utilization of resources.

Using an interacting pseudo-agents based approach in DES can be particularly beneficial if the purpose of the simulation model is to derive optimal staff scheduling as this approach provides a more accurate representation of scheduled resource utilization and patient throughput.

While significant efforts have been made to verify, validate, and quantify the uncertainties associated with many of these models and tools, relatively little work has focused on the uncertainties associated with the representation and utilization of the human phantoms.