Breakthrough demand-capacity management strategies to improve hospital flow, safety, and satisfaction

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 91, Issue , 2006, Pages 101-122

  Kosnik, Linda ^a  

^a OVERLOOK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Demand to capacity matching; Emergency department overcrowding; Flow; Job satisfaction; Recruitment and retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955168302     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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