Journal: Health Care Management Science

Found 408 papers in total
Using models and data to support optimization of the military health system: A case study in an intensive care unit
2004,
Optimizing healthcare delivery – improving processes to reduce impediments to...
Improvement potential in Danish elderly care
2004,
This paper examines Danish elderly care resource utilization among municipalities. The...
Market capture of inpatient perioperative services using data envelopment analysis
2004,
We develop and validate a method to measure ‘market capture’ of inpatient,...
The role of patients in designing health information systems: The case of applying simulation techniques to design an electronic patient record interface
2004,
One overall objective of Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) is to improve patient...
Development of a decision support model for scheduling clinical studies and assigning medical personnel
2004,
Clinical studies for the development of new drugs in the pharmaceutical industry...
Markov chain modeling of initiation and demand: The case of the US cocaine epidemic
2004,
Everingham and Rydall's Markov chain model of cocaine demand is modified and updated...
Simulating the allocation of organs for transplantation
2004,
The demand for donated organs greatly exceeds supply and many candidates die awaiting...
Ambulatory care and orthopaedic capacity planning
2005,
Ambulatory Care facilities (often referred to as diagnosis and treatment centres)...
Modeling patient flows using a queuing network with blocking
2005,
The downsizing and closing of state mental health institutions in Philadelphia in the...
A method for detecting runs of good and bad clinical outcomes on variable life-adjusted display charts
2005,
In recent years there has been a growing need for effective monitoring of clinical...
Designing radiotherapy plans with elastic constraints and interior point methods
2003,
A new linear programming model used to aid in the design of radiotherapy plans is...
The initial effects of physician compensation programs in Taiwan hospitals: implications for staff model health maintenance organizations
2003,
This paper examines whether a Physician Compensation Program (PCP), which was based on...
Relevance of outlier cases in case mix systems and evaluation of trimming methods
2003,
Objectives: to determine the most appropriate outlier trimming method when the main...
Evaluating Medicaid health maintenance organizations when encounter data are missing: case of developmentally delayed children
2003,
In evaluating Medicaid Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), crucial information...
An exploratory study using data envelopment analysis to assess neurotrauma patients in the intensive care unit
2003,
Patients with severe head trauma were studied retrospectively to determine if Data...
Comparing the financial risk of bed-day and diagnosis related group based pricing types using parametric and simulation methods
2003,
The extent of random financial risk involved in the Finnish bed-day and Diagnosis...
IS/IT the prescription to enable medical group practices attain their goals
2003,
The US spends significantly more money as a percentage of GDP on health care than any...
Appraising the economic efficiency of cancer treatment: an exploratory analysis of lung cancer
2003,
This paper tests whether the measured cost-effectiveness of treating different...
Analytical methods for calculating the capacity required to operate an effective booked admissions policy for elective inpatient services
2003,
In the UK, hospitals are being encouraged to introduce booked admissions policies for...
Client involvement in simulation model building: hints and insights from a case study in a London hospital
2003,
This paper describes the collaborative process of building a simulation model in order...
Integrated healthcare networks' performance: a growth curve modeling approach
2003,
This study examines the effects of integration on the performance ratings of the top...
Optimizing admissions to an intensive care unit
2003,
This paper presents a model for optimizing admissions to an intensive care unit (ICU)...
ARMADA – a computer model of the impact of environmental factors on health
2003,
Environmental impact assessments are conducted on many developments as part of the...
Estimating out-of-hospital mortality due to myocardial infarction
2003,
We developed a model to estimate out-of-hospital deaths due to myocardial infarction...
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