A decision support system to improve the efficiency of resource allocation in healthcare management

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-146

  Aktaş, Emel ^a   Ülengin, Füsun ^b   Önsel Şahin, Şule ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief network; Decision support system; Healthcare management

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; MODEL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34147160201     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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