Schäfer, Fabian; Walther, Manuel; Grimm, Dominik G.; … - In: Health Care Management Science 26 (2023) 4, pp. 785-806
Assigning inpatients to hospital beds impacts patient satisfaction and the workload of nurses and doctors. The assignment is subject to unknown inpatient arrivals, in particular for emergency patients. Hospitals, therefore, need to deal with uncertainty on actual bed requirements and potential...