Advanced Decision Making Methods Applied to Health Care
edited by Elena Tànfani, Angela Testi
| Year of publication: |
2012
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| Authors: | Tànfani, Elena |
| Other Persons: | Testi, Angela (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Milano : Springer Milan |
| Subject: | Theorie | Theory | Entscheidung | Decision | Gesundheitsversorgung | Health care | Gesundheitswesen | Health care system |
| Description of contents: | Description [swbplus.bsz-bw.de] ; Description [zbmath.org] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (VIII, 236 p, digital) |
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| Series: | |
| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Workforce management based on forecasted demand; 1.1 Introduction and problem addressed; 1.2 Materials and methods; 1.3 Results and discussion; 1.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2 Operating rooms scheduling under uncertainty; 2.1 Introduction and problem addressed; 2.1.1 Introduction; 2.1.2 Literature review; 2.1.2.1 Allocation problem; 2.1.2.2 Scheduling problems; 2.1.2.3 Models integrating allocation and scheduling; 2.1.2.4 Variability; 2.2 Materials and methods; 2.2.1 Solution approach; 2.2.2 Case assignment problem 2.2.3 Scheduling strategies2.2.4 Simulation; 2.3 Results and discussion; 2.3.1 Test data; 2.3.2 Performance Ratios; 2.3.3 Experimental results; 2.3.4 Sensitivity to planning day length; 2.3.5 Study 2 - lognormal distribution; 2.3.6 Discussion; 2.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3 Idealised design and modelling of alternatives to hospital care; 3.1 Introduction and problem addressed; 3.1.1 The search for alternatives to acute hospital care; 3.1.2 Developing a new methodology; 3.1.3 Key issues for management; 3.2 Materials and methods; 3.2.1 Undertaking a whole system case study 3.2.2 Reviewing bed utilisation3.2.3 Steps in undertaking a bed utilisation review; 3.2.4 Engaging the key players; 3.2.5 Selection of the sample; 3.2.6 Design of the survey form; 3.2.7 Recruitment and training of surveyors; 3.2.8 Survey feedback; 3.3 Results and discussion; 3.3.1 Overview; 3.3.2 Implications for bed capacity; 3.3.3 Discussion; 3.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 A coordination model for enhancing research on rare diseases; 4.1 Introduction and problem addressed; 4.1.1 What is a rare disease?; 4.1.2 Orphan drugs; 4.1.3 Orphan drug designation and incentives 4.2 Materials and methods4.2.1 R&D assignment problem; 4.2.2 Multiple knapsack problem; 4.2.3 College admissions problem; 4.3 Results and discussion; 4.3.1 R&D assignment problem as MKP; 4.3.2 R&D assignment problem as CAP; 4.3.3 The toy-model; 4.3.3.1 The MKP solution; 4.3.3.2 The CAP solution; 4.3.3.3 The greedy solution; 4.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5 Integrating simulation and risk-based sensitivity analysis methods in hospital emergency department design; 5.1 Introduction and problem addressed; 5.2 Materials and methods; 5.2.1 Methodological background 5.2.2 Proposed integration of methods5.2.2.1 Step 1. Discrete event simulation of a candidate design; 5.2.2.2 Step 2. Analysis of average and extreme operating conditions; 5.2.2.3 Step 3. Analysis of simulation output sensitivity to uncertainty; 5.2.2.4 Step 4. Multiobjective comparison of candidate designs; 5.3 Results and discussion; 5.3.1 Step 1 application. Discrete-event simulation of candidate ED designs; 5.3.2 Step 2 application. Analysis of average and extreme ED operating conditions; 5.3.3 Step 3 application. Sensitivity of ED system metrics to uncertainty in arrival times 5.3.4 Step 4 application. Multiobjective comparison of candidate ED system designs |
| ISBN: | 978-88-470-2321-5 ; 978-88-470-2320-8 |
| Other identifiers: | 10.1007/978-88-470-2321-5 [DOI] |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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