Assigning patients to nurses in neonatal intensive care

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-35

  Mullinax, C ^a   Lawley, M ^b  

^a PricewaterhouseCoopers USA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity systems; Health services; Hospitals; Patient assignment; Workload balance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; HOSPITAL BEDS; HOSPITALS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACUITY SYSTEM; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE; WORKLOAD BALANCE;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 85047699802     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave/jors/2601265     Document Type: Article

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