Modelling for the planning and management of bed capacities in hospitals

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-18

  Harper, P R ^a   Shahani, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital bed allocation; Hospital bed planning; Operational modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOSPITALS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; PUBLIC POLICY;

BED CAPACITIES; CAPACITY PLANNING POLICIES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 85047697630     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave/jors/2601278     Document Type: Article

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