Keyword: health services

Found 497 papers in total
The debate on influencing doctors' decisions: are drug characteristics the missing link?
The debate on influencing doctors' decisions: are drug characteristics the missing link?
2007,
Decision making by physicians on patients' treatment has come under increased public...
Choosing among living-donor and cadaveric livers
Choosing among living-donor and cadaveric livers
2007,
The only therapy for a patient with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) is liver...
Particle Swarm Optimization-based algorithm for home care worker scheduling in the UK
Particle Swarm Optimization-based algorithm for home care worker scheduling in the UK
2007,
This paper presents the novel application of a collaborative population-based...
Bounds for staff size in home help staff scheduling
Bounds for staff size in home help staff scheduling
2007,
Home help organizations provide services at respective users' homes at a time that is...
Using soft systems methodology to determine the simulation study objectives
Using soft systems methodology to determine the simulation study objectives
2007,
This paper demonstrates, through a case study in health care, that Soft Systems...
A field study of database communication issues peculiar to users of a voice activated medical tracking application
A field study of database communication issues peculiar to users of a voice activated medical tracking application
2007,
This paper investigates database communication issues peculiar to users of a voice...
Negative binomial version of the Lee–Carter model for mortality forecasting
Negative binomial version of the Lee–Carter model for mortality forecasting
2007,
Mortality improvements pose a challenge for the planning of public retirement systems...
Combined discrete-event simulation and ant colony optimisation approach for selecting optimal screening policies for diabetic retinopathy
Combined discrete-event simulation and ant colony optimisation approach for selecting optimal screening policies for diabetic retinopathy
2007,
In this paper we present the first application to a healthcare problem of...
A study on the impact of SARS on the forecast of visitor arrivals to China
A study on the impact of SARS on the forecast of visitor arrivals to China
2007,
The objective of this study is to build a model to forecast the visitor arrivals to...
Cyclic preference scheduling for nurses using branch and price
Cyclic preference scheduling for nurses using branch and price
2007,
This paper presents a new methodology to solve the cyclic preference scheduling...
Identifying healthcare actors involved in the adoption of information systems
Identifying healthcare actors involved in the adoption of information systems
2007,
The adoption of information systems in healthcare is no less significant than in any...
A stochastic proportional hazard model for the force of mortality
A stochastic proportional hazard model for the force of mortality
2006,
In order to avoid ‘frailty’ in deterministic assumptions concerning...
A re-conceptualization of the interpretive flexibility of information technologies: redressing the balance between the social and the technical
A re-conceptualization of the interpretive flexibility of information technologies: redressing the balance between the social and the technical
2006,
Interpretive flexibility – the capacity of a specific technology to sustain...
Quality cycles and the strategic manipulation of value
Quality cycles and the strategic manipulation of value
2006,
We present a two-state, one-control model of a seller's decision about how good a...
Supporting non-English web searching: an experiment on the Spanish business and the Arabic medical intelligence portals
Supporting non-English web searching: an experiment on the Spanish business and the Arabic medical intelligence portals
2006,
Although non-English-speaking online populations are growing rapidly, support for...
Managing patient service in a diagnostic medical facility
Managing patient service in a diagnostic medical facility
2006,
Hospital diagnostic facilities, such as magnetic resonance imaging centers, typically...
Access control and audit model for the multidimensional modeling of data warehouses
Access control and audit model for the multidimensional modeling of data warehouses
2006,
Due to the sensitive data contained in Data Warehouses (DW), it is essential to...
Implementing and interpreting a data envelopment analysis model to assess the efficiency of health systems in developing countries
Implementing and interpreting a data envelopment analysis model to assess the efficiency of health systems in developing countries
2003,
This paper presents a data envelopment analysis model that can be implemented by...
Determination of the infrastructure needs for municipalities using an objective method
Determination of the infrastructure needs for municipalities using an objective method
2007,
Nowadays, in Spain, the state of the infrastructure and equipment at different...
Your money or your life: A prescriptive model for health, safety, and consumption decisions
Your money or your life: A prescriptive model for health, safety, and consumption decisions
2005,
In this paper we develop a conceptual framework and model for valuing risks to an...
CMedPort: An integrated approach to facilitating Chinese medical information seeking
CMedPort: An integrated approach to facilitating Chinese medical information seeking
2006,
As the number of non-English resources available on the Web is increasing rapidly,...
50th anniversary article: selection, provisioning, shared fixed costs, maximum closure, and implications on algorithmic methods today
50th anniversary article: selection, provisioning, shared fixed costs, maximum closure, and implications on algorithmic methods today
2004,
Motivated by applications in freight handling and open-pit mining, Rhys, Balinski, and...
Contextual influences on user satisfaction with mobile computing: findings from two healthcare organizations
Contextual influences on user satisfaction with mobile computing: findings from two healthcare organizations
2006,
Mobile information technologies (IT) are transforming individual work practices and...
The dynamics of control and mobile computing in distributed activities
The dynamics of control and mobile computing in distributed activities
2006,
Mobile technologies are increasingly finding a place in a multitude of organisational...
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