A patient stochastic model to support human resource planning in home care

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-25

  Lanzarone, Ettore ^a   Matta, Andrea ^a   Scaccabarozzi, Gianlorenzo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ASL Lecce   (Italy)

Author keywords

Home care; Markov chain; Patient pathway; Resource planning; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

HISTORICAL DATA; HOME CARE; HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PATIENT PATHWAY; RESOURCE PLANNING; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SUPPORT TOOL;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 77950239203     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280903232362     Document Type: Article

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