Staggered work shifts: A way to downsize and restructure an emergency department workforce yet maintain current operational performance

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-308

  Sinreich, David ^a   Jabali, Ola ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Downsizing and restructuring; ED staff workload; Emergency Department (ED) operations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34250891296     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-007-9021-z     Document Type: Article

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