Suitability and managerial implications of a Master Surgical Scheduling approach

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-104

  van Oostrum, Jeroen M ^a   Bredenhoff, Eelco ^b   Hans, Erwin W ^b  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health care operations planning and scheduling; Master surgical scheduling; Operating room management; Organizational focus and culture; Organizational issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954033274     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-009-0619-z     Document Type: Article

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