Article ID: | iaor199548 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 261 |
End Page Number: | 275 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1994 |
Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Authors: | Christer A.H., Scarf P.A. |
Keywords: | health services |
Perceived shortcomings in the applicability of capital equipment replacement modelling, identified in a 1987 survey within the UK are addressed and a robust replacement model formulated. First, however, a comparison between the 1987 survey and a similar 1988 survey undertaken within the USA is made and explanations for apparent differences in conclusions are represented. A replacement model is then developed in the context of medical equipment where factors such as service and risk play a role in replacement decision-making. A mechanism for quantitatively allowing for qualitative and for political type factors within a short time horizontal replacement model is introduced by means of a penalty factor. A case example is presented for medical ventilator equipment.