Keyword: health services

Found 497 papers in total
Process improvement in healthcare: overall resource efficiency
Process improvement in healthcare: overall resource efficiency
2011,
This paper aims to develop a unifying and quantitative conceptual framework for...
Development and evaluation of ontology for intelligent decision support in medical emergency management for mass gatherings
Development and evaluation of ontology for intelligent decision support in medical emergency management for mass gatherings
2013,
Conducting a safe and successful major event highly depends on the effective provision...
A multi‐state model to improve the design of an automated system to monitor the activity patterns of patients with bipolar disorder
A multi‐state model to improve the design of an automated system to monitor the activity patterns of patients with bipolar disorder
2013,
This paper describes the role of mathematical modelling in the design and evaluation...
Factors influencing decision support system acceptance
Factors influencing decision support system acceptance
2013,
While clinical DSS have many proven benefits, their uptake by GPs (general...
Using a model of the performance measures in Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) to take action: a case study in health care
Using a model of the performance measures in Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) to take action: a case study in health care
2013,
This paper uses a case study of a multidisciplinary colorectal cancer team in health...
Empowered? Examining self‐disconnection in a postal survey of electricity prepayment meter consumers in New Zealand
Empowered? Examining self‐disconnection in a postal survey of electricity prepayment meter consumers in New Zealand
2013,
Prepayment metering is an electricity payment method often used by low‐income...
Modeling the budget‐constrained dynamic uncapacitated facility location–network design problem and solving it via two efficient heuristics: A case study of health care
Modeling the budget‐constrained dynamic uncapacitated facility location–network design problem and solving it via two efficient heuristics: A case study of health care
2013,
This paper presents a model for the budget‐constrained dynamic...
Is more health always better for society? Exploring public preferences that violate monotonicity
Is more health always better for society? Exploring public preferences that violate monotonicity
2013,
There has recently been some literature on the properties of a Health‐Related...
Simultaneous multi‐level RFID tag ownership & transfer in health care environments
Simultaneous multi‐level RFID tag ownership & transfer in health care environments
2012,
Authentication of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags takes several forms...
Does Euclidean distance work well when the p‐median model is applied in rural areas?
Does Euclidean distance work well when the p‐median model is applied in rural areas?
2012,
The p ‐median model is used to locate P centers to serve a geographically...
Service‐oriented simulation using web ontology
Service‐oriented simulation using web ontology
2012,
Commercial‐off‐the‐Shelf (COTS) Simulation Packages...
Multi‐objective scheduling and a resource allocation problem in hospitals
Multi‐objective scheduling and a resource allocation problem in hospitals
2012,
This study addresses the issue of scheduling medical treatments for resident patients...
Landfills in Jiangsu province, China, and potential threats for public health: Leachate appraisal and spatial analysis using geographic information system and remote sensing
Landfills in Jiangsu province, China, and potential threats for public health: Leachate appraisal and spatial analysis using geographic information system and remote sensing
2008,
Waste disposal is of growing environmental and public health concern in China where...
Data Envelopment Analysis of clinics with sparse data: Fuzzy clustering approach
Data Envelopment Analysis of clinics with sparse data: Fuzzy clustering approach
2012,
This paper presents a method for utilizing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with sparse...
Willingness-to-pay for parallel private health insurance: evidence from a laboratory experiment
Willingness-to-pay for parallel private health insurance: evidence from a laboratory experiment
2012,
Debate over the effects of public versus private health care finance persists in both...
A Gradient Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm for Computing Multivariate Maximum Likelihood Estimates and Posterior Distributions: Mixture Dose-Response Assessment
A Gradient Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm for Computing Multivariate Maximum Likelihood Estimates and Posterior Distributions: Mixture Dose-Response Assessment
2012,
Multivariate probability distributions, such as may be used for mixture dose-response...
An exploration of risk information search via a search engine: Queries and clicks in healthcare and information security
An exploration of risk information search via a search engine: Queries and clicks in healthcare and information security
2012,
The general public is increasingly using search engines to seek information on risks...
GRASP and path relinking hybridizations for the point matching‐based image registration problem
GRASP and path relinking hybridizations for the point matching‐based image registration problem
2012,
In the last decade, image registration has proven to be a very active research area...
Mathematical analysis of an HIV model with impulsive antiretroviral drug doses
Mathematical analysis of an HIV model with impulsive antiretroviral drug doses
2011,
In this paper, we incorporate the periodic therapy from antiretroviral drugs for HIV...
Optimal allocation of MRI scan capacity among competing hospital departments
Optimal allocation of MRI scan capacity among competing hospital departments
2012,
We consider an MRI scanning facility run by a Radiology department. Several hospital...
A stochastic control formalism for dynamic biologically conformal radiation therapy
A stochastic control formalism for dynamic biologically conformal radiation therapy
2012,
State‐of‐the‐art methods for optimizing cancer treatment over...
Incorporating human behaviour in simulation models of screening for breast cancer
Incorporating human behaviour in simulation models of screening for breast cancer
2012,
Simulation modelling is widely used in many industries in order to assess and evaluate...
Marital conflict and fifth‐graders’ risk for injury
Marital conflict and fifth‐graders’ risk for injury
2012,
Parental marital conflict is associated with higher rates of injuries requiring...
A latent class modeling approach for identifying vehicle driver injury severity factors at highway‐railway crossings
A latent class modeling approach for identifying vehicle driver injury severity factors at highway‐railway crossings
2012,
In this paper, we aim to identify the different factors that influence injury severity...
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