Development of a decision support model for scheduling clinical studies and assigning medical personnel

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-317

  Grunow, Martin ^a   Günther, Hans Otto ^a   Yang, Gang ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical studies; Optimization model; Personnel scheduling; Pharmaceutical industry; Task assignment

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STAFF; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 14844310419     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-004-7539-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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