Volume flexible strategies in health services: A research framework

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-244

  Jack, Eric P ^a   Powers, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand uncertainty; Health care; Service operations; Services; Technology; Volume flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144249852     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2004.tb00508.x     Document Type: Article

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