Optimal inventory policy within hospital space constraints

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-183

  Little, James ^a   Coughlan, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Constraint satisfaction; Inventory; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INVENTORIES, HOSPITAL; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PLANNING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 43149123979     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-008-9066-7     Document Type: Article

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