"Nursevendor problem": Personnel staffing in the presence of endogenous absenteeism

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2237-2256

  Green, Linda V ^a   Savin, Sergei ^b   Savva, Nicos ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Econometrics; Healthcare; Hospitals; Manpower planning; Newsvendor; Nursing; Organizational studies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; MANPOWER PLANNING; NEWSVENDORS; OPTIMAL STAFFING LEVEL; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

NURSING;

EID: 84887083425     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1713     Document Type: Article

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