Determining location and size of medical departments in a hospital network: A multiobjective decision support approach

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-71

  Stummer, Christian ^a   Doerner, Karl ^a   Focke, Axel ^a   Heidenberger, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clustering; Hospital planning; Interactive decision support; Multiobjective combinatorial optimization; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; REVIEW; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL PLANNING;

EID: 1542740005     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HCMS.0000005399.23600.69     Document Type: Review

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