Health network mergers and hospital re-planning

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Gunes E D ^a   Yaman, H ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hospital networks; Hospital planning; Merger and acquisition; Quality constraints; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; HEALTH NETWORKS; HOSPITAL NETWORKS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING FORMULATIONS; MERGER AND ACQUISITION; QUALITY CONSTRAINTS; SERVICE PORTFOLIO; SYSTEM COSTS;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 73549117462     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2008.165     Document Type: Article

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