A Hierarchical Multiple Criteria Mathematical Programming Approach for Scheduling General Surgery Operations in Large Hospitals

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-270

  Ogulata, S Noyan ^a   Erol, Rizvan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Health systems; Mathematical programming; Multiple criteria decision making; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EVALUATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OPERATING ROOM; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TURKEY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0037823366     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022575412017     Document Type: Article

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