Waste savings in patient transportation inside large hospitals using lean thinking tools and logistic solutions

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 356-367

  Chiarini, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Costs; Hospitals; Lean thinking; Spaghetti chart; VSM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885991245     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LHS-05-2012-0013     Document Type: Article

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