Analysing management policies for operating room planning using simulation

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-191

  Persson, Marie Jeanette ^a   Persson, Jan A ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Management; Operating room planning; Optimisation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; POLICY; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; ORTHOPEDICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77953912256     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-009-9122-y     Document Type: Article

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