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June 2018, Volume 21, Issue 2
- 157-158 Editorial: IMA health 2016
by Thierry Chaussalet & Chiristos Vasilakis & Martin Pitt - 159-176 Modelling for the proposed roll-out of the ‘111’ service in Wales: a case study
by Mark Tuson & Tracey England & Doris Behrens & Richard Bowen & Dorothy Edwards & John Frankish & Jude Kay - 177-191 Redesigning the diagnostic pathway for chest pain patients in emergency departments
by Sebastian Rachuba & Andrew Salmon & Zhivko Zhelev & Martin Pitt - 192-203 Modeling the critical care pathway for cardiothoracic surgery
by Nicolas Bahou & Claire Fenwick & Gillian Anderson & Robert Meer & Tony Vassalos - 204-223 Performance and cost evaluation of health information systems using micro-costing and discrete-event simulation
by Olfa Rejeb & Claire Pilet & Sabri Hamana & Xiaolan Xie & Thierry Durand & Saber Aloui & Anne Doly & Pierre Biron & Lionel Perrier & Vincent Augusto - 224-243 Cognitive workload reduction in hospital information systems
by Daniel Gartner & Yiye Zhang & Rema Padman - 244-258 A stochastic tabu search algorithm to align physician schedule with patient flow
by Nazgol Niroumandrad & Nadia Lahrichi - 259-268 Patient choice modelling: how do patients choose their hospitals?
by Honora Smith & Christine Currie & Pornpimol Chaiwuttisak & Andreas Kyprianou - 269-280 Predicting elderly patient length of stay in hospital and community care using a series of conditional Coxian phase-type distributions, further conditioned on a survival tree
by Andrew S. Gordon & Adele H. Marshall & Mariangela Zenga - 281-291 A multi-state approach to patients affected by chronic heart failure
by Francesco Grossetti & Francesca Ieva & Anna Maria Paganoni - 292-304 Regional variation in hospitalisation and mortality in heart failure: comparison of England and Lombardy using multistate modelling
by Alex Bottle & Chiara Maria Ventura & Kumar Dharmarajan & Paul Aylin & Francesca Ieva & Anna Maria Paganoni
March 2018, Volume 21, Issue 1
- 1-24 Operations research in intensive care unit management: a literature review
by Jie Bai & Andreas Fügener & Jan Schoenfelder & Jens O. Brunner - 25-36 A widening gap? Static and dynamic performance differences between specialist and general hospitals
by Antonio Vera & Pythagoras Petratos & Torsten Oliver Salge - 37-51 Modeling and designing health care payment innovations for medical imaging
by Hui Zhang & Christian Wernz & Danny R. Hughes - 52-75 Forecasting the medical workforce: a stochastic agent-based simulation approach
by Mário Amorim Lopes & Álvaro Santos Almeida & Bernardo Almada-Lobo - 76-86 Profit efficiency of physician practices: a stochastic frontier approach using panel data
by Lukas Kwietniewski & Jonas Schreyögg - 87-104 Chemotherapy appointment scheduling under uncertainty using mean-risk stochastic integer programming
by Michelle Alvarado & Lewis Ntaimo - 105-118 Optimal healthcare decision making under multiple mathematical models: application in prostate cancer screening
by Dimitris Bertsimas & John Silberholz & Thomas Trikalinos - 119-130 A strategic gaming model for health information exchange markets
by Diego A. Martinez & Felipe Feijoo & Jose L. Zayas-Castro & Scott Levin & Tapas K. Das - 131-143 An agent-based simulation model of patient choice of health care providers in accountable care organizations
by Abdullah Alibrahim & Shinyi Wu - 144-155 Comparison of emergency department crowding scores: a discrete-event simulation approach
by Virginia Ahalt & Nilay Tanık Argon & Serhan Ziya & Jeff Strickler & Abhi Mehrotra
December 2017, Volume 20, Issue 4
- 453-466 Flexible bed allocations for hospital wards
by René Bekker & Ger Koole & Dennis Roubos - 467-484 Decomposition of potential efficiency gains from hospital mergers in Greece
by Angeliki Flokou & Vassilis Aletras & Dimitris Niakas - 485-499 Enhancing community based health programs in Iran: a multi-objective location-allocation model
by S. Khodaparasti & H. R. Maleki & S. Jahedi & M. E. Bruni & P. Beraldi - 500-516 Determinants of efficiency in reducing child mortality in developing countries. The role of inequality and government effectiveness
by Bienvenido Ortega & Jesús Sanjuán & Antonio Casquero - 517-531 Dynamic ambulance dispatching: is the closest-idle policy always optimal?
by C. J. Jagtenberg & S. Bhulai & R. D. Mei - 532-547 Sustaining critical care: using evidence-based simulation to evaluate ICU management policies
by Amin Mahmoudian-Dehkordi & Somayeh Sadat - 548-564 Simulation-optimization model for production planning in the blood supply chain
by Andres F. Osorio & Sally C. Brailsford & Honora K. Smith & Sonia P. Forero-Matiz & Bernardo A. Camacho-Rodríguez - 565-576 Using nonparametric conditional approach to integrate quality into efficiency analysis: empirical evidence from cardiology departments
by Yauheniya Varabyova & Carl Rudolf Blankart & Jonas Schreyögg - 577-577 Erratum to: Using nonparametric conditional approach to integrate quality into efficiency analysis: empirical evidence from cardiology departments
by Yauheniya Varabyova & Carl Rudolf Blankart & Jonas Schreyögg - 578-589 Scheduling rules to achieve lead-time targets in outpatient appointment systems
by Thu-Ba T. Nguyen & Appa Iyer Sivakumar & Stephen C. Graves - 590-599 Using observed sequence to orient causal networks
by Farrokh Alemi & Manaf Zargoush & Jee Vang
September 2017, Volume 20, Issue 3
- 303-315 Clustered and distinct: a taxonomy of local multihospital systems
by Patrick D. Shay & Stephen S. Farnsworth Mick - 316-325 Cost efficiency of nursing homes: do five-star quality ratings matter?
by Rajendra Dulal - 326-352 Due time driven surgery scheduling
by Michael Samudra & Erik Demeulemeester & Brecht Cardoen & Nancy Vansteenkiste & Frank E. Rademakers - 353-364 Dynamic clustering of hazard functions: an application to disease progression in chronic heart failure
by Francesca Ieva & Anna Maria Paganoni & Teresa Pietrabissa - 365-378 Measuring health indicators and allocating health resources: a DEA-based approach
by Chih-Ching Yang - 379-394 Comparing the Efficiency of Hospitals in Italy and Germany: Nonparametric Conditional Approach Based on Partial Frontier
by Yauheniya Varabyova & Carl Rudolf Blankart & Aleksandra Torbica & Jonas Schreyögg - 395-402 Demographic factors influencing nonurgent emergency department utilization among a Medicaid population
by Leigh A. McCormack & Stephen G. Jones & Steven L. Coulter - 403-418 Strategies for interday appointment scheduling in primary care
by Lara Wiesche & Matthias Schacht & Brigitte Werners - 419-432 Preferred supplier contracts in post-patent prescription drug markets
by Carl Rudolf Blankart & Tom Stargardt - 433-451 Queueing network model for obstetric patient flow in a hospital
by Hideaki Takagi & Yuta Kanai & Kazuo Misue
June 2017, Volume 20, Issue 2
- 157-164 Output congestion leads to compromised care in Peruvian public hospital neonatal units
by Alejandro Arrieta & Jorge Guillén - 165-186 A dynamic ambulance management model for rural areas
by T. C. Barneveld & S. Bhulai & R. D. Mei - 187-206 A stochastic model of acute-care decisions based on patient and provider heterogeneity
by Muge Capan & Julie S. Ivy & James R. Wilson & Jeanne M. Huddleston - 207-220 Case mix planning in hospitals: a review and future agenda
by Sebastian Hof & Andreas Fügener & Jan Schoenfelder & Jens O. Brunner - 221-231 Complementary effect of patient volume and quality of care on hospital cost efficiency
by Jeong Hoon Choi & Imsu Park & Ilyoung Jung & Asoke Dey - 232-245 Cost inefficiency under financial strain: a stochastic frontier analysis of hospitals in Washington State through the Great Recession
by Germán M. Izón & Chelsea A. Pardini - 246-264 Stochastic multi-objective auto-optimization for resource allocation decision-making in fixed-input health systems
by Nathaniel D. Bastian & Tahir Ekin & Hyojung Kang & Paul M. Griffin & Lawrence V. Fulton & Benjamin C. Grannan - 265-275 Assessing overall, technical, and scale efficiency among home health care agencies
by Vivian G. Valdmanis & Michael D. Rosko & Hervé Leleu & Dana B. Mukamel - 276-285 Optimizing nurse capacity in a teaching hospital neonatal intensive care unit
by Ali Kokangul & Serap Akcan & Mufide Narli - 286-302 Strategic level proton therapy patient admission planning: a Markov decision process modeling approach
by Ridvan Gedik & Shengfan Zhang & Chase Rainwater
March 2017, Volume 20, Issue 1
- 1-15 Improving the performance of surgery-based clinical pathways: a simulation-optimization approach
by Yasar A. Ozcan & Elena Tànfani & Angela Testi - 16-32 Optimizing patient treatment decisions in an era of rapid technological advances: the case of hepatitis C treatment
by Shan Liu & Margaret L. Brandeau & Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert - 33-54 Scheduling elective surgeries: the tradeoff among bed capacity, waiting patients and operating room utilization using goal programming
by Xiangyong Li & N. Rafaliya & M. Fazle Baki & Ben A. Chaouch - 55-75 Stochastic resource allocation in emergency departments with a multi-objective simulation optimization algorithm
by Yen-Yi Feng & I-Chin Wu & Tzu-Li Chen - 76-93 Quantifying and explaining accessibility with application to the 2009 H1N1 vaccination campaign
by Jessica L. Heier Stamm & Nicoleta Serban & Julie Swann & Pascale Wortley - 94-104 Contextual, organizational and ecological effects on the variations in hospital readmissions of rural Medicare beneficiaries in eight southeastern states
by Thomas T. H. Wan & Judith Ortiz & Alice Du & Adam G. Golden - 105-114 A new preparedness policy for EMS logistics
by Seokcheon Lee - 115-128 Overutilization and underutilization of operating rooms - insights from behavioral health care operations management
by Andreas Fügener & Sebastian Schiffels & Rainer Kolisch - 129-140 Using data envelopment analysis for assessing the performance of pediatric emergency department physicians
by Javier Fiallos & Jonathan Patrick & Wojtek Michalowski & Ken Farion - 141-155 Incorporating nurse absenteeism into staffing with demand uncertainty
by Kayse Lee Maass & Boying Liu & Mark S. Daskin & Mary Duck & Zhehui Wang & Rama Mwenesi & Hannah Schapiro
December 2016, Volume 19, Issue 4
- 305-312 Creating impact with operations research in health: making room for practice in academia
by Margaret L. Brandeau - 313-325 Measuring the efficiency of the Greek rural primary health care using a restricted DEA model; the case of southern and western Greece
by Nikolaos Oikonomou & Yannis Tountas & Argiris Mariolis & Kyriakos Souliotis & Kostas Athanasakis & John Kyriopoulos - 326-337 Determinants of received long-term care – Individual responses to regional nursing home provisions
by Adam Pilny & Magdalena A. Stroka - 338-346 The effect of information technology on hospital performance
by Cynthia Williams & Yara Asi & Amanda Raffenaud & Matt Bagwell & Ibrahim Zeini - 347-361 Capacity planning and appointment scheduling for new patient oncology consults
by Xiang Ma & Antoine Sauré & Martin L. Puterman & Marianne Taylor & Scott Tyldesley - 362-382 Iterative optimization algorithm with parameter estimation for the ambulance location problem
by Sun Hoon Kim & Young Hoon Lee - 383-394 The operating room case-mix problem under uncertainty and nurses capacity constraints
by Zakaria Yahia & Amr B. Eltawil & Nermine A. Harraz
September 2016, Volume 19, Issue 3
- 207-226 Acuity-based nurse assignment and patient scheduling in oncology clinics
by Bohui Liang & Ayten Turkcan - 227-240 Care on demand in nursing homes: a queueing theoretic approach
by Karin Eeden & Dennis Moeke & René Bekker - 241-248 The cost of hospital readmissions: evidence from the VA
by Kathleen Carey & Theodore Stefos - 249-260 Multi-stage methodology to detect health insurance claim fraud
by Marina Evrim Johnson & Nagen Nagarur - 261-278 Improving operating room schedules
by Fei Li & Diwakar Gupta & Sandra Potthoff - 279-290 Productivity and quality of Dutch hospitals during system reform
by Martin Ineveld & Jeroen Oostrum & Rob Vermeulen & Adri Steenhoek & Joris Klundert - 291-299 Assessing risk of hospital readmissions for improving medical practice
by Parimal Kulkarni & L. Douglas Smith & Keith F. Woeltje - 300-303 A note on the full-neighborhood search of Kaandorp and Koole (2007)
by William P. Millhiser
June 2016, Volume 19, Issue 2
- 103-110 Computing exact bundle compliance control charts via probability generating functions
by Binchao Chen & Timothy Matis & James Benneyan - 111-129 A markov decision process model for the optimal dispatch of military medical evacuation assets
by Sean K. Keneally & Matthew J. Robbins & Brian J. Lunday - 130-143 Health systems: changes in hospital efficiency and profitability
by Vera Antonia Büchner & Vera Hinz & Jonas Schreyögg - 144-169 Staff planning for operating rooms with different surgical services lines
by Monica C. Villarreal & Pinar Keskinocak - 170-191 Improving patient flow at a family health clinic
by Jonathan F. Bard & Zhichao Shu & Douglas J. Morrice & Dongyang (Ester) Wang & Ramin Poursani & Luci Leykum - 192-205 Dynamic patient grouping and prioritization: a new approach to emergency department flow improvement
by Omar M. Ashour & Gül E. Okudan Kremer
March 2016, Volume 19, Issue 1
- 1-19 An operational epidemiological model for calibrating agent-based simulations of pandemic influenza outbreaks
by D. Prieto & T. K. Das - 20-30 IVF cycle cost estimation using Activity Based Costing and Monte Carlo simulation
by Lucia Cassettari & Marco Mosca & Roberto Mosca & Fabio Rolando & Mauro Costa & Valerio Pisaturo - 31-42 Reducing Emergency Medical Service response time via the reallocation of ambulance bases
by L. C. Nogueira & L. R. Pinto & P. M. S. Silva - 43-57 Should inpatients be adjusted by their complexity and severity for efficiency assessment? Evidence from Portugal
by Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques - 58-65 A new model for the length of stay of hospital patients
by Marco Papi & Luca Pontecorvi & Roberto Setola - 66-88 Automated medical resident rotation and shift scheduling to ensure quality resident education and patient care
by Hannah K. Smalley & Pinar Keskinocak - 89-101 An agent-based simulation model to study accountable care organizations
by Pai Liu & Shinyi Wu
December 2015, Volume 18, Issue 4
- 407-418 An examination of competition and efficiency for hospital industry in Turkey
by Hacer Özgen Narcı & Yasar A. Ozcan & İsmet Şahin & Menderes Tarcan & Mustafa Narcı - 419-430 Allocating operating room block time using historical caseload variability
by Narges Hosseini & Kevin Taaffe - 431-443 Benchmarking clinical practice in surgery: looking beyond traditional mortality rates
by Ricardo Castro & Pedro Oliveira & Conceição Silva Portela & Ana Camanho & João Queiroz e Melo - 444-458 Time-dependent ambulance allocation considering data-driven empirically required coverage
by Dirk Degel & Lara Wiesche & Sebastian Rachuba & Brigitte Werners - 459-474 The impact of directed choice on the design of preventive healthcare facility network under congestion
by Navneet Vidyarthi & Onur Kuzgunkaya - 475-482 Public health capacity in the provision of health care services
by Vivian Valdmanis & Arianna DeNicola & Patrick Bernet
September 2015, Volume 18, Issue 3
- 219-221 The 39th international conference of the EURO working group on operational research applied to health services: ORAHS 2013 special issue
by Tuğba Çayırlı & Murat Günal & Evrim Güneş & Lerzan Örmeci - 222-233 A robust estimation model for surgery durations with temporal, operational, and surgery team effects
by Enis Kayış & Taghi Khaniyev & Jaap Suermondt & Karl Sylvester - 234-250 Optimal control of ICU patient discharge: from theory to implementation
by Fermín Mallor & Cristina Azcárate & Julio Barado - 251-266 A bicriteria heuristic for an elective surgery scheduling problem
by Inês Marques & M. Captivo & Margarida Vaz Pato - 267-278 Analysis of patient waiting time governed by a generic maximum waiting time policy with general phase-type approximations
by Fanwen Meng & Kiok Teow & Chee Ooi & Bee Heng & Seow Tay - 279-288 A case study of cost-efficient staffing under annualized hours
by Egbert Veen & Erwin Hans & Bart Veltman & Leo Berrevoets & Hubert Berden - 289-302 A stochastic optimization model for shift scheduling in emergency departments
by Omar EL-Rifai & Thierry Garaix & Vincent Augusto & Xiaolan Xie - 303-317 Fuzzy bi-objective preventive health care network design
by Soheil Davari & Kemal Kilic & Gurdal Ertek - 318-333 Effect of individual protective behaviors on influenza transmission: an agent-based model
by Elnaz Karimi & Ketra Schmitt & Ali Akgunduz - 334-362 Optimizing an HIV testing program using a system dynamics model of the continuum of care
by Sarah Kok & Alexander Rutherford & Reka Gustafson & Rolando Barrios & Julio Montaner & Krisztina Vasarhelyi - 363-375 Applying reinforcement learning techniques to detect hepatocellular carcinoma under limited screening capacity
by Elliot Lee & Mariel Lavieri & Michael Volk & Yongcai Xu - 376-388 Can hospitals compete on quality?
by Somayeh Sadat & Hossein Abouee-Mehrizi & Michael Carter - 389-405 Breast cancer therapy planning – a novel support concept for a sequential decision making problem
by Alexander Scherrer & Ilka Schwidde & Andreas Dinges & Patrick Rüdiger & Sherko Kümmel & Karl-Heinz Küfer
June 2015, Volume 18, Issue 2
- 107-109 The 7th IMA international conference on quantitative modelling in the management of health and social care: IMA health 2013 special issue
by Christos Vasilakis & Thierry Chaussalet & Martin Pitt - 110-123 Online stochastic optimization of radiotherapy patient scheduling
by Antoine Legrain & Marie-Andrée Fortin & Nadia Lahrichi & Louis-Martin Rousseau - 124-136 A network flow approach for tactical resource planning in outpatient clinics
by Thu Nguyen & Appa Sivakumar & Stephen Graves - 137-155 Patient flow improvement for an ophthalmic specialist outpatient clinic with aid of discrete event simulation and design of experiment
by Chong Pan & Dali Zhang & Audrey Kon & Charity Wai & Woo Ang - 156-165 Classifier calibration using splined empirical probabilities in clinical risk prediction
by René Gaudoin & Giovanni Montana & Simon Jones & Paul Aylin & Alex Bottle - 166-172 Detecting and visualizing outliers in provider profiling via funnel plots and mixed effect models
by Francesca Ieva & Anna Paganoni - 173-194 A structured review of long-term care demand modelling
by Philip Worrall & Thierry Chaussalet - 195-204 Continuity of care in community midwifery
by John Bowers & Helen Cheyne & Gillian Mould & Miranda Page - 205-217 Impact of combined vector-control and vaccination strategies on transmission dynamics of dengue fever: a model-based analysis
by Gerhart Knerer & Christine Currie & Sally Brailsford - 218-218 Erratum to: Prioritization strategies for patient evacuations
by Ashley Childers & Maria Mayorga & Kevin Taaffe
March 2015, Volume 18, Issue 1
- 1-2 Foreward to special issue on health analytics
by Farrokh Alemi - 3-18 An analytics approach to designing patient centered medical homes
by Saeede Ajorlou & Issac Shams & Kai Yang - 19-34 A predictive analytics approach to reducing 30-day avoidable readmissions among patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, or COPD
by Issac Shams & Saeede Ajorlou & Kai Yang - 35-57 Accept/decline decision module for the liver simulated allocation model
by Sang-Phil Kim & Diwakar Gupta & Ajay Israni & Bertram Kasiske - 58-66 Ensemble of trees approaches to risk adjustment for evaluating a hospital’s performance
by Yang Liu & Mikhail Traskin & Scott Lorch & Edward George & Dylan Small - 67-85 A cost sensitive inpatient bed reservation approach to reduce emergency department boarding times
by Shanshan Qiu & Ratna Chinnam & Alper Murat & Bassam Batarse & Hakimuddin Neemuchwala & Will Jordan - 86-92 Using the landmark method for creating prediction models in large datasets derived from electronic health records
by Brian Wells & Kevin Chagin & Liang Li & Bo Hu & Changhong Yu & Michael Kattan - 93-105 A machine learning approach to create blocking criteria for record linkage
by Phan Giang
December 2014, Volume 17, Issue 4
- 303-320 A hybrid approach for integrated healthcare cooperative purchasing and supply chain configuration
by Nazaré Rego & João Claro & Jorge Pinho de Sousa - 321-330 Economies of scale in federally-funded state-organized public health programs: results from the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Programs
by Justin Trogdon & Donatus Ekwueme & Sujha Subramanian & Wesley Crouse - 331-347 Efficiency, ownership, and financing of hospitals: The case of Austria
by Thomas Czypionka & Markus Kraus & Susanne Mayer & Gerald Röhrling - 348-364 Balancing investments in federally qualified health centers and Medicaid for improved access and coverage in Pennsylvania
by Paul Griffin & Hyunji Lee & Christina Scherrer & Julie Swann - 365-378 The relationship between hospital specialization and hospital efficiency: do different measures of specialization lead to different results?
by Ivonne Lindlbauer & Jonas Schreyögg - 379-392 Dynamic optimization of chemotherapy outpatient scheduling with uncertainty
by Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg & Michael Carter & J. Beck & Maureen Trudeau & Philomena Sousa & Kathy Beattie - 393-393 Erratum to: Computing exact bundle compliance control charts via probability generating functions
by Binchao Chen & Timothy Matis & James Benneyan
September 2014, Volume 17, Issue 3
- 203-214 Computer-aided auditing of prescription drug claims
by Vijay Iyengar & Keith Hermiz & Ramesh Natarajan - 215-229 Evaluation of hospital medication inventory policies
by Marek Gebicki & Ed Mooney & Shi-Jie Chen & Lukasz Mazur - 230-244 Optimal distribution of medical backpacks and health surveillance assistants in Malawi
by Amber Kunkel & Elizabeth Itallie & Duo Wu - 245-258 A systematic approach for the location of hand sanitizer dispensers in hospitals
by Laila Cure & Richard Enk & Ewing Tiong - 259-269 Competing risks analysis in mortality estimation for breast cancer patients from independent risk groups
by Shengfan Zhang & Julie Ivy & James Wilson & Kathleen Diehl & Bonnie Yankaskas - 270-283 A decision-making framework for adaptive pain management
by Ching-Feng Lin & Aera LeBoulluec & Li Zeng & Victoria Chen & Robert Gatchel - 284-301 A predictive modeling approach to increasing the economic effectiveness of disease management programs
by Andreas Bayerstadler & Franz Benstetter & Christian Heumann & Fabian Winter
June 2014, Volume 17, Issue 2
- 101-112 Estimation of the efficiency of Japanese hospitals using a dynamic and network data envelopment analysis model
by Hiroyuki Kawaguchi & Kaoru Tone & Miki Tsutsui - 113-125 Intertemporal analysis of organizational productivity in residential aged care networks: scenario analyses for setting policy targets
by Necmi Avkiran & Alan McCrystal - 126-138 Efficiency determinants and capacity issues in Brazilian for-profit hospitals
by Cláudia Araújo & Carlos Barros & Peter Wanke - 139-149 The impact of policy on hospital productivity: a time series analysis of Dutch hospitals
by Jos Blank & Evelien Eggink - 150-161 Cost and technical efficiency of physician practices: a stochastic frontier approach using panel data
by Mareike Heimeshoff & Jonas Schreyögg & Lukas Kwietniewski - 162-181 HIV epidemic control—a model for optimal allocation of prevention and treatment resources
by Sabina Alistar & Elisa Long & Margaret Brandeau & Eduard Beck - 182-193 The importance of extended high viremics in models of HIV spread in South Africa
by Benjamin Armbruster & Ekkehard Beck & Mustafa Waheed - 194-201 A psychological approach to learning causal networks
by Manaf Zargoush & Farrokh Alemi & Vinzenzo Esposito Vinzi & Jee Vang & Raya Kheirbek
March 2014, Volume 17, Issue 1
- 1-14 An IP-based healthcare provider shift design approach to minimize patient handoffs
by Pooyan Kazemian & Yue Dong & Thomas Rohleder & Jonathan Helm & Mark Van Oyen - 15-30 The home health care routing and scheduling problem with interdependent services
by Dorota Mankowska & Frank Meisel & Christian Bierwirth - 31-48 Dynamic allocation of same-day requests in multi-physician primary care practices in the presence of prescheduled appointments
by Hari Balasubramanian & Sebastian Biehl & Longjie Dai & Ana Muriel - 49-59 A decomposition approach for the combined master surgical schedule and surgical case assignment problems
by Alessandro Agnetis & Alberto Coppi & Matteo Corsini & Gabriella Dellino & Carlo Meloni & Marco Pranzo - 60-76 Dynamic scheduling with due dates and time windows: an application to chemotherapy patient appointment booking
by Yasin Gocgun & Martin Puterman - 77-87 Prioritization strategies for patient evacuations
by Ashley Childers & Maria Mayorga & Kevin Taaffe - 88-99 Estimating the waiting time of multi-priority emergency patients with downstream blocking
by Di Lin & Jonathan Patrick & Fabrice Labeau
December 2013, Volume 16, Issue 4
- 281-299 Stochastic online appointment scheduling of multi-step sequential procedures in nuclear medicine
by Eduardo Pérez & Lewis Ntaimo & César Malavé & Carla Bailey & Peter McCormack - 300-313 What is the value of ‘me-too’ drugs?
by Stephane Régnier - 314-327 Recovery bed planning in cardiovascular surgery: a simulation case study
by Yariv Marmor & Thomas Rohleder & David Cook & Todd Huschka & Jeffrey Thompson - 328-340 Do caesarean section rates ‘catch-up’? Evidence from 14 European countries
by Wen-Yi Chen - 341-351 A system model of work flow in the patient room of hospital emergency department
by Junwen Wang & Jingshan Li & Patricia Howard - 352-365 Using discrete-event simulation in strategic capacity planning for an outpatient physical therapy service
by Chi-Lun Rau & Pei-Fang Tsai & Sheau-Farn Liang & Jhih-Cian Tan & Hong-Cheng Syu & Yue-Ling Jheng & Ting-Syuan Ciou & Fu-Shan Jaw - 366-376 Treatment speed and high load in the Emergency Department—does staff quality matter?
by Ludwig Kuntz & Sandra Sülz - 377-378 Note on “Simulation optimization of PSA-threshold based prostate cancer screening policies”
by Daniel Underwood & Jingyu Zhang & Brian Denton & Nilay Shah & Brant Inman - 379-385 Acknowledgement of referees’ services
by Xiashi Zhu
September 2013, Volume 16, Issue 3
- 177-196 Analyzing the nursing organizational structure and process from a scheduling perspective
by Broos Maenhout & Mario Vanhoucke - 197-216 A two-phase approach to scheduling multi-category outpatient appointments – A case study of a women’s clinic
by Xiuli Qu & Yidong Peng & Nan Kong & Jing Shi - 217-227 Using optimization models to demonstrate the need for structural changes in training programs for surgical medical residents
by Jonathan Turner & Kibaek Kim & Sanjay Mehrotra & Debra DaRosa & Mark Daskin & Heron Rodriguez - 228-235 Measuring the efficiencies of visiting nurse service agencies using data envelopment analysis
by Yuki Kuwahara & Satoko Nagata & Atsuko Taguchi & Takashi Naruse & Hiroyuki Kawaguchi & Sachiyo Murashima - 236-244 Balancing operating theatre and bed capacity in a cardiothoracic centre
by John Bowers - 245-257 Comparing health outcomes among hospitals: the experience of the Lombardy Region
by Paolo Berta & Chiara Seghieri & Giorgio Vittadini - 258-270 Female labour supply and nursing home prices
by Thomas Bauer & Magdalena Stroka - 271-279 Developing an adaptive policy for long-term care capacity planning
by Yue Zhang & Martin Puterman
June 2013, Volume 16, Issue 2
- 87-100 Tradeoffs in cardiovascular disease prevention, treatment, and research
by George Miller & Matthew Daly & Charles Roehrig - 101-118 The impact of case mix on timely access to appointments in a primary care group practice
by Asli Ozen & Hari Balasubramanian - 119-128 Classifying highly imbalanced ICU data
by Yazan Roumani & Jerrold May & David Strum & Luis Vargas - 129-138 Physicians in leadership: the association between medical director involvement and staff-to-patient ratios
by Ludwig Kuntz & Stefan Scholtes - 139-151 Hospital organization and performance: a directional distance function approach
by Greta Falavigna & Roberto Ippoliti & Alessandro Manello - 152-166 Tactical resource allocation and elective patient admission planning in care processes
by Peter Hulshof & Richard Boucherie & Erwin Hans & Johann Hurink - 167-175 Predicting 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions
by Mollie Shulan & Kelly Gao & Crystal Moore
March 2013, Volume 16, Issue 1
- 1-13 Characteristics of service requests and service processes of fire and rescue service dispatch centers
by Ute Krueger & Katja Schimmelpfeng - 14-26 Determining minimum staffing levels during snowstorms using an integrated simulation, regression, and reliability model
by Amber Kunkel & Laura McLay - 27-36 Technical efficiency of Critical Access Hospitals: an application of the two-stage approach with double bootstrap
by Iustin Nedelea & James Fannin - 37-44 Evaluating service quality dimensions as antecedents to outpatient satisfaction using back propagation neural network
by Daniela Carlucci & Paolo Renna & Giovanni Schiuma - 45-61 A generic simulation model to assess the performance of sterilization services in health establishments
by Maria Di Mascolo & Alexia Gouin - 62-74 Theory of constraints for publicly funded health systems
by Somayeh Sadat & Michael Carter & Brian Golden - 75-86 Admission and capacity planning for the implementation of one-stop-shop in skin cancer treatment using simulation-based optimization
by H. Romero & N. Dellaert & S. Geer & M. Frunt & M. Jansen-Vullers & G. Krekels
December 2012, Volume 15, Issue 4
- 293-309 Simulation optimization of PSA-threshold based prostate cancer screening policies
by Daniel Underwood & Jingyu Zhang & Brian Denton & Nilay Shah & Brant Inman - 310-326 Changes in hospital efficiency after privatization
by Oliver Tiemann & Jonas Schreyögg - 327-338 Optimal incentives for allocating HIV/AIDS prevention resources among multiple populations
by Monali Malvankar-Mehta & Bin Xie - 339-354 A multiple-drawer medication layout problem in automated dispensing cabinets
by Jennifer Pazour & Russell Meller - 355-372 Decision support system for the operating room rescheduling problem
by J. Essen & Johann Hurink & Woutske Hartholt & Bernd Akker - 373-384 Dynamics of the mental health workforce: investigating the composition of physicians and other health providers
by Theodore Stefos & James Burgess & Jeffrey Cohen & Laura Lehner & Eileen Moran - 385-412 Modeling the demand for long-term care services under uncertain information
by Teresa Cardoso & Mónica Oliveira & Ana Barbosa-Póvoa & Stefan Nickel
September 2012, Volume 15, Issue 3
- 171-174 Special issue on global health
by Geoff Royston - 175-187 Geographic prioritization of distributing pandemic influenza vaccines
by Ozgur Araz & Alison Galvani & Lauren Meyers - 188-196 Determining the optimal vaccine vial size in developing countries: a Monte Carlo simulation approach
by Aswin Dhamodharan & Ruben Proano - 197-205 How operational research influenced the scale up of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi
by Anthony Harries & Simon Makombe & Erik Schouten & Andreas Jahn & Edwin Libamba & Kelita Kamoto & Frank Chimbwandira - 206-222 Assessing the efficiency of mother-to-child HIV prevention in low- and middle-income countries using data envelopment analysis
by Sérgio Santos & Carla Amado & Mauro Santos - 223-238 A worldwide investigation of tuberculosis epidemics
by Christine Currie & Kathryn Hoad