A three-phase approach for operating theatre schedules

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-172

  Testi, Angela ^a   Tanfani, Elena ^a   Torre, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health economics; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY; TIME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; ITALY; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34249099359     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-007-9011-1     Document Type: Article

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