Country: Netherlands

Found 18376 papers in total
The development and evaluation of a fuzzy logic expert system for renal transplantation assignment: Is this a useful tool?
The development and evaluation of a fuzzy logic expert system for renal transplantation assignment: Is this a useful tool?
2002,
Allocating donor kidneys to patients is a complex, multicriteria decision-making...
Confrontations in health service management: Insights from drama theory
Confrontations in health service management: Insights from drama theory
2002,
This paper illustrates the contribution that drama theory can make to the analysis and...
A bicriteria knapsack program for planning remediation of contaminated lightstation sites
A bicriteria knapsack program for planning remediation of contaminated lightstation sites
2002,
The Coastguard manages over 40 lighthouse sites on the West Coast of Canada. All of...
Using factor analysis to identify consumer preferences for the protection of natural area in Portugal
Using factor analysis to identify consumer preferences for the protection of natural area in Portugal
2002,
This paper focuses on the application of factor analysis so as to identify consumer...
Europe in symplex diagrams: From statistical tables to insight
Europe in symplex diagrams: From statistical tables to insight
2002,
Two-dimensional ‘symplex’ diagrams will be presented to provide deeper...
Semi-autonomous planning using linear programming in the Chilean General Treasury
Semi-autonomous planning using linear programming in the Chilean General Treasury
2002,
The Chilean General Treasury is the governmental institution that, among other...
Location of preventive health care facilities
Location of preventive health care facilities
2002,
This paper is focused on the problem of locating preventive health care facilities....
A general approach to the physician rostering problems
A general approach to the physician rostering problems
2002,
This paper presents a hybridization of a Constraint Programming (CP) model and search...
Business process reengineering for health-care system using multicriteria mathematical programming
Business process reengineering for health-care system using multicriteria mathematical programming
2002,
This paper presents an application of multicriteria mathematical programming (MCMP) as...
A goal programming approach to strategic resource allocation in acute care hospitals
A goal programming approach to strategic resource allocation in acute care hospitals
2002,
This paper describes a methodology for allocating resources in hospitals. The...
A variable returns to scale data envelopment analysis model for the joint determination of efficiencies with an example of the UK health service
A variable returns to scale data envelopment analysis model for the joint determination of efficiencies with an example of the UK health service
2002,
A multi-activity DEA model for the joint determination of efficiencies with variable...
Using a continuous time hidden Markov process, with covariates, to model bed occupancy of people aged over 65 years
Using a continuous time hidden Markov process, with covariates, to model bed occupancy of people aged over 65 years
2001,
Previously, the application of a continuous time hidden Markov model with discrete...
A simulation study of the winter bed crisis
A simulation study of the winter bed crisis
2001,
The winter bed crisis is a cyclical phenomenon which appears in British hospitals...
Implications of mixed exponential occupancy distributions and patient flow models for health care planning
Implications of mixed exponential occupancy distributions and patient flow models for health care planning
2001,
There is considerable evidence that the distribution of the length of time that a...
Practical experience with bed occupancy management and planning systems: An Australian view
Practical experience with bed occupancy management and planning systems: An Australian view
2001,
Pressure is increasing on hospitals to do more with fewer resources. The appropriate...
Modelling hospital and social care bed occupancy and use by elderly people in an English health district
Modelling hospital and social care bed occupancy and use by elderly people in an English health district
2001,
The paper confirms that exponential equations can be used to model the total system...
Analysis of bed usage and occupancy following the introduction of geriatric rehabilitative care in a hospital in Huesca, Spain
Analysis of bed usage and occupancy following the introduction of geriatric rehabilitative care in a hospital in Huesca, Spain
2001,
The decision support system BOMPS (Bed Occupancy Management and Planning Software) is...
A simulation modelling approach to evaluating alternative policies for the management of the waiting list for liver transplantation
A simulation modelling approach to evaluating alternative policies for the management of the waiting list for liver transplantation
2001,
A shortage of donor liver grafts unfortunately results in approximately 10% of...
Modeling and analysis of multistate access to elective surgery
Modeling and analysis of multistate access to elective surgery
2001,
In this paper, we attempt to determine whether delays in scheduling operation affect...
Towards decision support for waiting lists: An operations management view
Towards decision support for waiting lists: An operations management view
2001,
This paper considers the phenomenon of waiting lists in a healthcare setting, which is...
Alternative methods to examine hospital efficiency: Data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis
Alternative methods to examine hospital efficiency: Data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis
2001,
There has been increasing interest in the ability of different methods to rank...
Measuring efficiency of long-term care units in Finland
Measuring efficiency of long-term care units in Finland
2001,
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used to measure the nursing care efficiency of 64...
The development of gravity models for hospital patient flows under system change: A Bayesian modelling approach
The development of gravity models for hospital patient flows under system change: A Bayesian modelling approach
2001,
This paper discusses models for the impact on patient referral flows from homes to...
Resource absorption in a health service system
Resource absorption in a health service system
2001,
This paper considers the use of treatment resources in a health service system. The...
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