This package contains models from the project “Improving Patient flow between Acute, Community and Social care (IPACS)”, converted into a package format.
How do I run the model? Click here: “How to run the IPACS model”.
How do I find out more about the functions? Click here: “Function reference”.
The IPACS v1 model is a generic, open source, stochastic simulation model which enables scenario modelling of ‘Discharge to Assess’ (D2A) resource requirements. It models simple flows of ’complex care‘ patients who have been identified as suitable for discharge from an acute hospital bed into a non-acute care setting for a further, time-limited, period of rehabilitation and assessment for their longer-term care requirements. It comprises three distinct care pathways where additional inputs of community health and social care are provided as seen in the flowchart. The complex care pathways are:
- P1 (visits-based care where the patient is in their own home and receives care inputs in that location. Funded by the community health provider)
- P2 (non-acute, bed-based care funded by the community health provider)
- P3 (non-acute, bed-based care funded by local authority social care provider).
This package version just includes an example of the P1 pathway (visit-based simulation). It does not currently include the bed-based simulation or report generation.