A decomposition approach for the combined master surgical schedule and surgical case assignment problems

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-59

  Agnetis, Alessandro ^a   Coppi, Alberto ^a,b   Corsini, Matteo ^a   Dellino, Gabriella ^c   Meloni, Carlo ^d   Pranzo, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b General Hospital of Prato Azienda Sanitaria Locale 4   (Italy)

^c IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Master surgical schedule; Operating room scheduling; Surgical planning; Surgical sequencing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; OPERATING ROOMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84897601117     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-013-9244-0     Document Type: Article

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