Surgical block scheduling in a system of hospitals: An application to resource and wait list management in a British Columbia health authority

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-282

  Santibáñez, Pablo ^a   Begen, Mehmet ^b   Atkins, Derek ^b  

^a FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Applications; Health care; Hospitals; Integer; Operating rooms; Optimization; Programming; Surgical scheduling; Wait list management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME; TIME MANAGEMENT;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34250803215     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-007-9019-6     Document Type: Article

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