Tactical resource allocation and elective patient admission planning in care processes

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-166

  Hulshof, Peter J H ^a   Boucherie, Richard J ^a   Hans, Erwin W ^a   Hurink, Johann L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health care; Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP); Patient admission planning; Resource capacity planning; Tactical planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876079640     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-012-9219-6     Document Type: Article

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