Assessment of patient classification in appointment system design

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-353

  Cayirli, Tugba ^a   Veral, Emre ^b   Rosen, Harry ^b  

^a OZYEGIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointment scheduling; Health care; Outpatient clinics; Service operations; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249148377     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3401/poms.1080.0031     Document Type: Article

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