The impact of discharge decisions on health care quality

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 400-415

  Berk, Emre ^a   Moinzadeh, Kamran ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Capacity Analysis; Discharge Policy; Health Care Management; Service Operations

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CAPACITY ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE POLICY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; SERVICE OPERATIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0032027541     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.3.400     Document Type: Article

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