Detecting road maps for capacity utilization decisions by clustering analysis and CHAID decision tress

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-469

  Koyuncugil, Ali Serhan ^a   Ozgulbas, Nermin ^b  

^a Çankaya   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capacity utilization; CHAID decision trees; Clustering analysis; Data mining; Hospitals; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHAID TECHNIQUE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; DATA MINING; DECISION TREE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGE CAPACITY; TRENDS; TURKEY; UTILIZATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SURGE CAPACITY; TURKEY;

EID: 77956060503     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-009-9258-9     Document Type: Article

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