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We examine how operational changes in customer flows in retail stores affect the rate of COVID-19 transmission. We combine a model of customer movement with two models of disease transmission: direct exposure when two customers are in close proximity and wake exposure when one customer is in the...
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Many intensive care units (ICUs) face overcrowding. One response to this overcrowding is to bump ICU patients to other departments of the hopsital to make room for new patient arrivals. Such bumping clearly has the potential to reduce quality care. In this paper we develop a stochastic model of...
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Intensive Care Units (ICUs) play a vital role in hospitals and they often have capacity strain. Using data from a major teaching hospital, we empirically examine the effect of ICU capacity strain on patient discharge. Our data has a dynamic measure of patient health status, allowing us to study...
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We consider contracting issues in the care of patients with chronic conditions within the principal-agent framework. The government, acting as a principal, contracts with several health care providers in an effort to maximise population health minus the cost. We consider the decision of whether...
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