Stress on the ward: Evidence of safety tipping points in hospitals

Management Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 754-771

  Kuntz, Ludwig ^a   Mennicken, Roman ^b   Scholtes, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity pooling; Flexible staffing; Hospital mortality; Hospital occupancy; Safety tipping point

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EXPANSION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CAPACITY EXPANSION; CAPACITY POOLING; FLEXIBLE STAFFING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL OPERATIONS; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; TIPPING POINT;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84926640224     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.1917     Document Type: Article

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