Tactical and operational decisions for operating room planning: Efficiency and welfare implications

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-373

  Testi, Angela ^a   Tànfani, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

0 1 Linear programming model; Health economics; Operating room planning; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICINE; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE; OPERATING ROOMS; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75749124702     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-008-9093-4     Document Type: Article

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