A data-integrated simulation-based optimization for assigning nurses to patient admissions

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-221

  Sundaramoorthi, Duraikannan ^a   Chen, Victoria C P ^b   Rosenberger, Jay M ^b   Kim, Seoung Bum ^c   Buckley Behan, Deborah F ^d  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse assignment; Patient assignment; Simulation based optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953916542     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-009-9124-9     Document Type: Article

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