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March 2023, Volume 26, Issue 1
- 1-20 Screening for preclinical Alzheimer’s disease: Deriving optimal policies using a partially observable Markov model
by Zehra Önen Dumlu & Serpil Sayın & İbrahim Hakan Gürvit - 21-45 Nurse rostering with fatigue modelling
by Kjartan Kastet Klyve & Ilankaikone Senthooran & Mark Wallace - 46-61 Effectiveness of feedback control and the trade-off between death by COVID-19 and costs of countermeasures
by Akira Watanabe & Hiroyuki Matsuda - 62-78 On integrating patient appointment grids and technologist schedules in a radiology center
by Dina Bentayeb & Nadia Lahrichi & Louis-Martin Rousseau - 79-92 Tracking Covid-19 cases and deaths in the United States: metrics of pandemic progression derived from a queueing framework
by Randolph Hall & Andrew Moore & Mingdong Lyu - 93-116 Monitoring policy in the context of preventive treatment of cardiovascular disease
by Daniel F. Otero-Leon & Mariel S. Lavieri & Brian T. Denton & Jeremy Sussman & Rodney A. Hayward - 117-137 Online scheduling using a fixed template: the case of outpatient chemotherapy drug administration
by Alireza F. Hesaraki & Nico P. Dellaert & Ton Kok - 138-160 A mixed-integer slacks-based measure data envelopment analysis for efficiency measuring of German university hospitals
by Mansour Zarrin
December 2022, Volume 25, Issue 4
- 521-525 Supporting COVID-19 elective recovery through scalable wait list modelling: Specialty-level application to all hospitals in England
by Richard M Wood - 526-550 On the use of partitioning for scheduling of surgeries in the inpatient surgical department
by Lien Wang & Erik Demeulemeester & Nancy Vansteenkiste & Frank E. Rademakers - 551-573 A tactical multi-week implicit tour scheduling model with applications in healthcare
by Mark W. Isken & Osman T. Aydas - 574-589 Unsupervised learning methods for efficient geographic clustering and identification of disease disparities with applications to county-level colorectal cancer incidence in California
by Mallory E. McMahon & Lyubov Doroshenko & Javad Roostaei & Hyunsoon Cho & Mansoor A. Haider - 590-622 Inverse optimization on hierarchical networks: an application to breast cancer clinical pathways
by Timothy C. Y. Chan & Katharina Forster & Steven Habbous & Claire Holloway & Luciano Ieraci & Yusuf Shalaby & Nasrin Yousefi - 623-648 The influence of service quality and anticipated emotions on donor loyalty: an empirical analysis in blood centres in Spain
by Josefa D. Martín-Santana & Lucía Melián-Alzola - 649-665 Aiding the prescriber: developing a machine learning approach to personalized risk modeling for chronic opioid therapy amongst US Army soldiers
by Margrét Vilborg Bjarnadóttir & David B. Anderson & Ritu Agarwal & D. Alan Nelson - 666-681 A clinical decision-support system for dengue based on fuzzy cognitive maps
by William Hoyos & Jose Aguilar & Mauricio Toro - 682-709 Quantile regression forests for individualized surgery scheduling
by Arlen Dean & Amirhossein Meisami & Henry Lam & Mark P. Van Oyen & Christopher Stromblad & Nick Kastango - 710-724 Incorporating medication therapy management into community pharmacy workflows
by Yucheng Chen & Stephanie A. Gernant & Charlie M. Upton & Manuel A. Nunez - 725-749 Country versus pharmaceutical company interests for hepatitis C treatment
by Roy Lothan & Noa Gutman & Dan Yamin
September 2022, Volume 25, Issue 3
- 347-362 Covid-19 infection risk on US domestic airlines
by Arnold Barnett & Keith Fleming - 363-388 Optimal breast cancer risk reduction policies tailored to personal risk level
by Mehmet A. Ergun & Ali Hajjar & Oguzhan Alagoz & Murtuza Rampurwala - 389-405 On the timing and probability of Presurgical Teledermatology: how it becomes the dominant strategy
by Felipa de Mello-Sampayo - 406-425 Homogeneity and Best Practice Analyses in Hospital Performance Management: An Analytical Framework
by Mansour Zarrin & Jan Schoenfelder & Jens O. Brunner - 426-440 A dynamic sequential decision-making model on MRI real-time scheduling with simulation-based optimization
by Bowen Pang & Xiaolei Xie & Feng Ju & James Pipe - 441-459 A multi-product multi-period stochastic model for a blood supply chain considering blood substitution and demand uncertainty
by Yuan Xu & Joseph Szmerekovsky - 460-483 What is the value of explicit priority setting for health interventions? A simulation study
by Euan Barlow & Alec Morton & Saudamini Dabak & Sven Engels & Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai & Yot Teerawattananon & Kalipso Chalkidou - 484-497 Non-linear missing data imputation for healthcare data via index-aware autoencoders
by Sadaf Kabir & Leily Farrokhvar - 498-514 Beyond patient-sharing: Comparing physician- and patient-induced networks
by Eva Kesternich & Olaf Rank - 515-520 Excess deaths by sex and Age Group in the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
by Ian G. Ludden & Sheldon H. Jacobson & Janet A. Jokela
June 2022, Volume 25, Issue 2
- 187-190 Towards a more efficient healthcare system: Opportunities and challenges caused by hospital closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic
by Soroush Saghafian & Lina D. Song & Ali S. Raja - 191-207 A two-phase approach for the Radiotherapy Scheduling Problem
by Tu-San Pham & Louis-Martin Rousseau & Patrick Causmaecker - 208-221 Decision support algorithms for optimizing surgery start times considering the performance variation
by Shing Chih Tsai & Wu Hung Lin & Chia Cheng Wu & Shao Jen Weng & Ching Fen Tang - 222-236 The importance of peer imitation on smoking initiation over time: a dynamical systems approach
by Carl Simon & David Mendez - 237-252 Hospital volume allocation: integrating decision maker and patient perspectives
by Elisabetta Listorti & Arianna Alfieri & Erica Pastore - 253-274 A quantitative analysis of risk-sharing agreements with patient support programs for improving medication adherence
by Hui Zhang & Tao Huang & Tao Yan - 275-290 Bayesian prediction of emergency department wait time
by Mani Suleiman & Haydar Demirhan & Leanne Boyd & Federico Girosi & Vural Aksakalli - 291-310 Locating trauma centers considering patient safety
by Sagarkumar Hirpara & Monit Vaishnav & Pratik J. Parikh & Nan Kong & Priti Parikh - 311-332 Balancing control and autonomy in master surgery scheduling: Benefits of ICU quotas for recovery units
by Steffen Heider & Jan Schoenfelder & Thomas Koperna & Jens O. Brunner - 333-346 Data envelopment analysis efficiency in the public sector using provider and customer opinion: An application to the Spanish health system
by Jesús A. Tapia & Bonifacio Salvador
March 2022, Volume 25, Issue 1
- 1-23 Optimizing diabetes screening frequencies for at-risk groups
by Chou-Chun Wu & Sze-chuan Suen - 24-41 Stroke care networks and the impact on quality of care
by Jan Schoenfelder & Mansour Zarrin & Remo Griesbaum & Ansgar Berlis - 42-62 Enhanced coverage by integrating site interdependencies in capacitated EMS location models
by Matthias Grot & Tristan Becker & Pia Mareike Steenweg & Brigitte Werners - 63-88 A two-stage robust optimization approach for the master surgical schedule problem under uncertainty considering downstream resources
by Salma Makboul & Said Kharraja & Abderrahman Abbassi & Ahmed El Hilali Alaoui - 89-99 Prospective adverse event risk evaluation in clinical trials
by Abhishake Kundu & Felipe Feijoo & Diego A. Martinez & Manuel Hermosilla & Timothy Matis - 100-125 The Waiting Game – How Cooperation Between Public and Private Hospitals Can Help Reduce Waiting Lists
by Jorge A. Acuna & José L. Zayas-Castro & Felipe Feijoo & Sriram Sankaranarayanan & Rodrigo Martinez & Diego A. Martinez - 126-145 Point-of-use hospital inventory management with inaccurate usage capture
by Benjamin V. Neve & Charles P. Schmidt - 146-165 The effect of correlation and false negatives in pool testing strategies for COVID-19
by Leonardo J. Basso & Vicente Salinas & Denis Sauré & Charles Thraves & Natalia Yankovic - 166-185 Bibliometric analysis of cancer care operations management: current status, developments, and future directions
by Majed Hadid & Adel Elomri & Tarek Mekkawy & Laoucine Kerbache & Abdelfatteh Omri & Halima Omri & Ruba Y. Taha & Anas Ahmad Hamad & Mohammed Hamad J. Thani
December 2021, Volume 24, Issue 4
- 661-665 Beyond COVID-19 deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
by Sheldon H. Jacobson & Janet A. Jokela - 666-685 Managing admission and discharge processes in intensive care units
by Jie Bai & Andreas Fügener & Jochen Gönsch & Jens O. Brunner & Manfred Blobner - 686-701 Predicting rapid progression phases in glaucoma using a soft voting ensemble classifier exploiting Kalman filtering
by Isaac A. Jones & Mark P. Van Oyen & Mariel S. Lavieri & Christopher A. Andrews & Joshua D. Stein - 702-715 How hospitals can improve their public quality metrics: a decision-theoretic model
by Christian Wernz & Yongjia Song & Danny R. Hughes - 716-741 Leveraging electronic health record data to inform hospital resource management
by José Carlos Ferrão & Mónica Duarte Oliveira & Daniel Gartner & Filipe Janela & Henrique M. G. Martins - 742-767 Managing capacity for virtual and office appointments in chronic care
by Xiao Yu & Armagan Bayram - 768-785 An integrated quality and resilience engineering framework in healthcare with Z-number data envelopment analysis
by Madjid Tavana & Salman Nazari-Shirkouhi & Hamidreza Farzaneh Kholghabad - 786-798 Identification of predictors and model for predicting prolonged length of stay in dengue patients
by Md. Ansari & Dinesh Jain & Haripriya Harikumar & Santu Rana & Sunil Gupta & Sandeep Budhiraja & Svetha Venkatesh - 799-826 Patients, primary care, and policy: Agent-based simulation modeling for health care decision support
by Martin Comis & Catherine Cleophas & Christina Büsing - 827-844 Dynamic multistage scheduling for patient-centered care plans
by Adam Diamant
September 2021, Volume 24, Issue 3
- 455-459 Transforming COVID-19 vaccines into vaccination
by Tinglong Dai & Jing-Sheng Song - 460-481 Stochastic programming for outpatient scheduling with flexible inpatient exam accommodation
by Yifei Sun & Usha Nandini Raghavan & Vikrant Vaze & Christopher S Hall & Patricia Doyle & Stacey Sullivan Richard & Christoph Wald - 482-498 Managing access to primary care clinics using scheduling templates
by Sina Faridimehr & Saravanan Venkatachalam & Ratna Babu Chinnam - 499-514 An artificial neural network based mathematical model for a stochastic health care facility location problem
by Hamid Mousavi & Soroush Avakh Darestani & Parham Azimi - 515-530 Optimal patient protocols in regional acute stroke care
by B. L. Garcia & R. Bekker & R. D. Mei & N. H. Chavannes & N. D. Kruyt - 531-550 A predictive and prescriptive analytical framework for scheduling language medical interpreters
by Abdulaziz Ahmed & Elizabeth Frohn - 551-568 Optimal portfolios of blood safety interventions: test, defer or modify?
by W. Alton Russell & Brian Custer & Margaret L. Brandeau - 569-581 Using data envelopment analysis and the bootstrap method to evaluate organ transplantation efficiency in Brazil
by Alexandre Marinho & Claudia Affonso Silva Araújo - 582-596 Does hospital competition lead to medical equipment expansion? Evidence on the medical arms race
by Liyong Lu & Jay Pan - 597-622 A multi-stage stochastic programming approach to epidemic resource allocation with equity considerations
by Xuecheng Yin & İ. E. Büyüktahtakın - 623-639 Agent-based evolving network modeling: a new simulation method for modeling low prevalence infectious diseases
by Matthew Eden & Rebecca Castonguay & Buyannemekh Munkhbat & Hari Balasubramanian & Chaitra Gopalappa - 640-660 Optimization-driven framework to understand health care network costs and resource allocation
by Fernanda Bravo & Marcus Braun & Vivek Farias & Retsef Levi & Christine Lynch & John Tumolo & Richard Whyte
June 2021, Volume 24, Issue 2
- 251-252 Introduction to the special issue: Management Science in the Fight Against Covid-19
by Alec Morton & Ebru Bish & Itamar Megiddo & Weifen Zhuang & Roberto Aringhieri & Sally Brailsford & Sarang Deo & Na Geng & Julie Higle & David Hutton & Mart Janssen & Edward H Kaplan & Jianbin Li & Mónica D Oliveira & Shankar Prinja & Marion Rauner & Sheetal Silal & Jie Song - 253-272 From predictions to prescriptions: A data-driven response to COVID-19
by Dimitris Bertsimas & Leonard Boussioux & Ryan Cory-Wright & Arthur Delarue & Vassilis Digalakis & Alexandre Jacquillat & Driss Lahlou Kitane & Galit Lukin & Michael Li & Luca Mingardi & Omid Nohadani & Agni Orfanoudaki & Theodore Papalexopoulos & Ivan Paskov & Jean Pauphilet & Omar Skali Lami & Bartolomeo Stellato & Hamza Tazi Bouardi & Kimberly Villalobos Carballo & Holly Wiberg & Cynthia Zeng - 273-285 Assessing the efficiency of Malaysia health system in COVID-19 prevention and treatment response
by Nurhafiza Md Hamzah & Ming-Miin Yu & Kok Fong See - 286-304 An integer programming model to assign patients based on mental health impact for tele-psychotherapy intervention during the Covid–19 emergency
by Andrés Miniguano-Trujillo & Fernanda Salazar & Ramiro Torres & Patricio Arias & Koraima Sotomayor - 305-318 Repeat SARS-CoV-2 testing models for residential college populations
by Joseph T. Chang & Forrest W. Crawford & Edward H. Kaplan - 319-319 Correction to: Repeat SARS-CoV-2 testing models for residential college populations
by Joseph T. Chang & Forrest W. Crawford & Edward H. Kaplan - 320-329 Aligning SARS-CoV-2 indicators via an epidemic model: application to hospital admissions and RNA detection in sewage sludge
by Edward H. Kaplan & Dennis Wang & Mike Wang & Amyn A. Malik & Alessandro Zulli & Jordan Peccia - 330-338 Selecting pharmacies for COVID-19 testing to ensure access
by Simon Risanger & Bismark Singh & David Morton & Lauren Ancel Meyers - 339-355 Personalized prescription of ACEI/ARBs for hypertensive COVID-19 patients
by Dimitris Bertsimas & Alison Borenstein & Luca Mingardi & Omid Nohadani & Agni Orfanoudaki & Bartolomeo Stellato & Holly Wiberg & Pankaj Sarin & Dirk J. Varelmann & Vicente Estrada & Carlos Macaya & Iván J. Núñez Gil - 356-374 Balancing scarce hospital resources during the COVID-19 pandemic using discrete-event simulation
by G.J. Melman & A.K. Parlikad & E.A.B. Cameron - 375-401 The development and deployment of a model for hospital-level COVID-19 associated patient demand intervals from consistent estimators (DICE)
by Linying Yang & Teng Zhang & Peter Glynn & David Scheinker - 402-419 Real-time forecasting of COVID-19 bed occupancy in wards and Intensive Care Units
by Stef Baas & Sander Dijkstra & Aleida Braaksma & Plom Rooij & Fieke J. Snijders & Lars Tiemessen & Richard J. Boucherie - 420-438 A case for location based contact tracing
by Atul Pokharel & Robert Soulé & Avi Silberschatz - 439-453 Prediction of personal protective equipment use in hospitals during COVID-19
by Eugene Furman & Alex Cressman & Saeha Shin & Alexey Kuznetsov & Fahad Razak & Amol Verma & Adam Diamant
March 2021, Volume 24, Issue 1
- 1-25 Optimal cholesterol treatment plans and genetic testing strategies for cardiovascular diseases
by Wesley J. Marrero & Mariel S. Lavieri & Jeremy B. Sussman - 26-40 A robust optimization model for tactical capacity planning in an outpatient setting
by Nazanin Aslani & Onur Kuzgunkaya & Navneet Vidyarthi & Daria Terekhov - 41-54 Efficiency, quality, and management practices in health facilities providing outpatient HIV services in Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia
by Sandra G. Sosa-Rubí & Sergio Bautista-Arredondo & Carlos Chivardi-Moreno & David Contreras-Loya & Gina Hera-Fuentes & Marjorie Opuni - 55-71 Modeling patients as decision making units: evaluating the efficiency of kidney transplantation through data envelopment analysis
by Francisco Javier Santos Arteaga & Debora Di Caprio & David Cucchiari & Josep M Campistol & Federico Oppenheimer & Fritz Diekmann & Ignacio Revuelta - 72-91 A Markov chain model for analysis of physician workflow in primary care clinics
by Sujee Lee & Philip A. Bain & Albert J. Musa & Jingshan Li - 92-116 Markov chain analysis for the neonatal inpatient flow in a hospital
by Yuta Kanai & Hideaki Takagi - 117-139 Scheduling patient appointment in an infusion center: a mixed integer robust optimization approach
by Mona Issabakhsh & Seokgi Lee & Hyojung Kang - 140-159 Home care vehicle routing problem with chargeable overtime and strict and soft preference matching
by Laura Malagodi & Ettore Lanzarone & Andrea Matta - 160-184 Patient selection in the presence of regulatory oversight based on healthcare report cards of providers: the case of organ transplantation
by Mariétou H. Ouayogodé & Kurt E. Schnier - 185-202 The impact of quality on hospital choice. Which information affects patients’ behavior for colorectal resection or knee replacement?
by David Kuklinski & Justus Vogel & Alexander Geissler - 203-215 A scheduling-based methodology for improving patient perceptions of quality of care in intensive care units
by Eduardo Pérez & David P. Dzubay - 216-233 A simulation-based approach for improving the clinical blood sample supply chain
by Amir Elalouf & Dmitry Tsadikovich & Sharon Hovav - 234-243 Developing an Institute for Health Care Delivery Science: successes, challenges, and solutions in the first five years
by Madhu Mazumdar & Jashvant V. Poeran & Bart S. Ferket & Nicole Zubizarreta & Parul Agarwal & Ksenia Gorbenko & Catherine K. Craven & Xiaobo (Tony) Zhong & Alan J. Moskowitz & Annetine C. Gelijns & David L. Reich
December 2020, Volume 23, Issue 4
- 481-481 New developments for the journal in 2020
by Gregory S. Zaric - 482-506 Personalized treatment for coronary artery disease patients: a machine learning approach
by Dimitris Bertsimas & Agni Orfanoudaki & Rory B. Weiner - 507-519 Predicting and improving patient-level antibiotic adherence
by Isabelle Rao & Adir Shaham & Amir Yavneh & Dor Kahana & Itai Ashlagi & Margaret L. Brandeau & Dan Yamin - 520-534 Radiotherapy treatment scheduling considering time window preferences
by Bruno Vieira & Derya Demirtas & Jeroen B. Kamer & Erwin W. Hans & Louis-Martin Rousseau & Nadia Lahrichi & Wim H. Harten - 535-555 A stochastic risk-averse framework for blood donation appointment scheduling under uncertain donor arrivals
by Semih Yalçındağ & Seda Baş Güre & Giuliana Carello & Ettore Lanzarone - 556-570 A heuristic approach to the task planning problem in a home care business
by Isabel Méndez-Fernández & Silvia Lorenzo-Freire & Ignacio García-Jurado & Julián Costa & Luisa Carpente - 571-584 Tackling maternal mortality by improving technical efficiency in the production of primary health services: longitudinal evidence from the Mexican case
by Edson Serván-Mori & Carlos Chivardi & Fato Fene & Ileana Heredia-Pi & Miguel Ángel Mendoza & Gustavo Nigenda - 585-604 Optimal cost adjustment for a selfish routing healthcare network
by Young Hoon Lee & Yong Ho Choi - 605-618 Are patients more adherent to newer drugs?
by Katharina E. Blankart & Frank R. Lichtenberg - 619-639 Monitoring of high-yield and periodical processes in health care
by Nataliya Chukhrova & Arne Johannssen - 640-648 Association between leniency of anesthesiologists when evaluating certified registered nurse anesthetists and when evaluating didactic lectures
by Franklin Dexter & Johannes Ledolter & Cynthia A. Wong & Bradley J. Hindman - 649-660 Investigating the link between medical urgency and hospital efficiency – Insights from the German hospital market
by Annika Maren Schneider & Eva-Maria Oppel & Jonas Schreyögg - 661-669 Multi-modality medical image fusion using hybridization of binary crow search optimization
by Velmurugan Subbiah Parvathy & Sivakumar Pothiraj - 670-679 IoT with cloud based lung cancer diagnosis model using optimal support vector machine
by Dinesh Valluru & I. Jasmine Selvakumari Jeya - 680-688 WIT120 data mining technology based on internet of things
by Qingyuan Zhou & Zongming Zhang & Yuancong Wang
September 2020, Volume 23, Issue 3
- 311-314 Containing 2019-nCoV (Wuhan) coronavirus
by Edward H. Kaplan - 315-324 COVID-19 scenario modelling for the mitigation of capacity-dependent deaths in intensive care
by Richard M Wood & Christopher J McWilliams & Matthew J Thomas & Christopher P Bourdeaux & Christos Vasilakis - 325-338 Integrated k-means clustering with data envelopment analysis of public hospital efficiency
by Songul Cinaroglu - 339-359 Prediction of emergency department patient disposition decision for proactive resource allocation for admission
by Seung-Yup Lee & Ratna Babu Chinnam & Evrim Dalkiran & Seth Krupp & Michael Nauss - 360-386 Designing schedule configuration of a hybrid appointment system for a two-stage outpatient clinic with multiple servers
by Sharan Srinivas & A. Ravi Ravindran - 387-400 Patient classification based on volume and case-mix in the emergency department and their association with performance
by Farzad Zaerpour & Diane P. Bischak & Mozart B. C. Menezes & Andrew McRae & Eddy S. Lang - 401-413 How efficient are surgical treatments in Japan? The case of a high-volume Japanese hospital
by Yuichi Watanabe & Haruko Noguchi & Yoshinori Nakata - 414-426 A novel approach for breast cancer prediction using optimized ANN classifier based on big data environment
by M. Supriya & A. J. Deepa - 427-442 A privacy protection method for health care big data management based on risk access control
by Mingyue Shi & Rong Jiang & Xiaohan Hu & Jingwei Shang - 443-452 Brazilian hospitals’ performance: an assessment of the unified health system (SUS)
by Laura Botega & Mônica Viegas Andrade & Gilvan Ramalho Guedes - 453-480 Advancing evidence-based healthcare facility design: a systematic literature review
by Farouq Halawa & Sreenath Chalil Madathil & Alice Gittler & Mohammad T. Khasawneh
June 2020, Volume 23, Issue 2
- 171-172 Editorial: smart technologies for improving the quality of mobile health care
by Tin-Chih Toly Chen & W. Art Chaovalitwongse & Michael J. O’grady & Katsuhiro Honda - 173-184 Mining the preferences of patients for ubiquitous clinic recommendation
by Tin-Chih Toly Chen & Min-Chi Chiu - 185-202 The value of mHealth for managing chronic conditions
by Saligrama Agnihothri & Leon Cui & Mohammad Delasay & Balaraman Rajan - 203-214 Individuals’ adoption of smart technologies for preventive health care: a structural equation modeling approach
by Debora Bettiga & Lucio Lamberti & Emanuele Lettieri - 215-238 Quantitative thresholds based decision support approach for the home health care scheduling and routing problem
by Jamal Abdul Nasir & Chuangyin Dang - 239-248 Assessing sustainable effectiveness of the adjustment mechanism of a ubiquitous clinic recommendation system
by Min-Chi Chiu & Tin-Chih Toly Chen - 249-263 A hybrid genetic algorithm for operating room scheduling
by Yang-Kuei Lin & Yin-Yi Chou - 264-286 A decomposition - construction approach for solving the home health care scheduling problem
by Marouene Chaieb & Jaber Jemai & Khaled Mellouli - 287-309 A comprehensive study of mobile-health based assistive technology for the healthcare of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
by Kanwal Yousaf & Zahid Mehmood & Israr Ahmad Awan & Tanzila Saba & Riad Alharbey & Talal Qadah & Mayda Abdullateef Alrige
March 2020, Volume 23, Issue 1
- 1-1 Welcome message from the new editor
by Gregory S. Zaric - 2-19 Approaches for identifying U.S. medicare fraud in provider claims data
by Matthew Herland & Richard A. Bauder & Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar - 20-33 Theoretical bounds and approximation of the probability mass function of future hospital bed demand
by Samuel Davis & Nasser Fard - 34-50 Chemotherapy appointment scheduling and daily outpatient–nurse assignment
by Menel Benzaid & Nadia Lahrichi & Louis-Martin Rousseau - 51-65 Multi-objective admission planning problem: a two-stage stochastic approach
by Ana Batista & Jorge Vera & David Pozo - 66-79 Characterization of the flow of patients in a hospital from complex networks
by M. A. Miranda & S. Salvatierra & I. Rodríguez & M. J. Álvarez & V. Rodríguez - 80-101 Analyzing economies of scale and scope in hospitals by use of case mix planning
by Sebastian McRae & Jens O. Brunner & Jonathan F. Bard - 102-116 Decision models for distinguishing between clinically insignificant and significant tumors in prostate cancer biopsies: an application of Bayes’ Theorem to reduce costs and improve outcomes
by Arthur J. Swersey & John Colberg & Ronald Evans & Michael W. Kattan & Johannes Ledolter & Rodney Parker - 117-141 Simulation-based optimization to improve hospital patient assignment to physicians and clinical units
by Hui Zhang & Thomas J. Best & Anton Chivu & David O. Meltzer - 142-152 Identifying the contribution to hospital performance among Chinese regions by an aggregate directional distance function
by Zhiyang Shen & Vivian Valdmanis - 153-169 Symbiotic simulation for the operational management of inpatient beds: model development and validation using Δ-method
by David Oakley & Bhakti Stephan Onggo & Dave Worthington - 170-170 Correction to: The use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in healthcare with a focus on hospitals
by Sebastian Kohl & Jan Schoenfelder & Andreas Fügener & Jens O. Brunner
December 2019, Volume 22, Issue 4
- 570-588 Modelling mortality and discharge of hospitalized stroke patients using a phase-type recovery model
by Bruce Jones & Sally McClean & David Stanford - 589-614 A study on the impact of prioritising emergency department arrivals on the patient waiting time
by Ellen Bockstal & Broos Maenhout - 615-634 The self-regulating nature of occupancy in ICUs: stochastic homoeostasis
by Josephine Varney & Nigel Bean & Mark Mackay - 635-657 Simulation model of the relationship between cesarean section rates and labor duration
by Karen T. Hicklin & Julie S. Ivy & James R. Wilson & Fay Cobb Payton & Meera Viswanathan & Evan R. Myers - 658-675 A review on ambulance offload delay literature
by Mengyu Li & Peter Vanberkel & Alix J. E. Carter - 676-690 Cyclic shift scheduling with on-call duties for emergency medical services
by Tristan Becker & Pia Mareike Steenweg & Brigitte Werners - 691-708 Hospital physicians can’t get no long-term satisfaction – an indicator for fairness in preference fulfillment on duty schedules
by Christopher N. Gross & Jens O. Brunner & Manfred Blobner - 709-726 The impact of specialization of hospitals on patient access to care; a queuing analysis with an application to a neurological hospital
by Saied Samiedaluie & Vedat Verter - 727-755 A Multi-Fidelity Rollout Algorithm for Dynamic Resource Allocation in Population Disease Management
by Ting-Yu Ho & Shan Liu & Zelda B. Zabinsky - 756-767 Improving the efficiency of the operating room environment with an optimization and machine learning model
by Michael Fairley & David Scheinker & Margaret L. Brandeau - 768-782 Patient scheduling based on a service-time prediction model: a data-driven study for a radiotherapy center
by Dina Bentayeb & Nadia Lahrichi & Louis-Martin Rousseau
September 2019, Volume 22, Issue 3
- 391-393 Editorial
by Vincent Charles - 394-409 Impulse response function analysis of the impacts of hospital accreditations on hospital efficiency
by Fengyi Lin & Yung-Jr Deng & Wen-Min Lu & Qian Long Kweh - 410-436 Road map for progress and attractiveness of Iranian hospitals by integrating self-organizing map and context-dependent DEA
by Mustafa Jahangoshai Rezaee & Abuzar Karimdadi & Hamidreza Izadbakhsh - 437-446 Assessment of the impact of public hospital associations (PHAs) on the efficiency of hospitals under the ministry of health in Turkey with data envelopment analysis
by Bayram Şahin & Gülnur İlgün - 447-447 Letter to editor: about the impact of Public Hospital Unions (PHUs) on the efficiency of hospital in Turkey
by Aziz Küçük - 448-450 Letter to editor: about criticisms regarding manuscript entitled “assessment of the impact of public hospital associations (PHAs) on the efficiency of hospitals under the Ministry of Health in Turkey with data envelopment analysis”
by Bayram Şahin & Gülnur İlgün - 451-461 Productivity growth and quality changes of hospitals in Taiwan: does ownership matter?
by Kuan-Chen Chen & Hong-Ming Chen & Li-Nien Chien & Ming-Miin Yu - 462-474 Technical efficiency and its influencing factors in Malaysian hospital pharmacy services
by Nurhafiza Md Hamzah & Kok Fong See - 475-488 A hybrid data envelopment analysis and game theory model for performance measurement in healthcare
by Habib Zare & Madjid Tavana & Abbas Mardani & Sepideh Masoudian & Mahyar Kamali Saraji - 489-511 Measuring efficiency of community health centers: a multi-model approach considering quality of care and heterogeneous operating environments
by Ronald G. McGarvey & Andreas Thorsen & Maggie L. Thorsen & Rohith Madhi Reddy - 512-533 Cross-efficiency evaluation in the presence of flexible measures with an application to healthcare systems
by Sepideh Abolghasem & Mehdi Toloo & Santiago Amézquita - 534-548 A study on healthcare supply chain management efficiency: using bootstrap data envelopment analysis
by Changhee Kim & Hyun Jung Kim - 549-559 Do healthcare financing systems influence hospital efficiency? A metafrontier approach for the case of Mexico
by Víctor Giménez & Jorge R. Keith & Diego Prior - 560-568 Fuzzy DEA-based classifier and its applications in healthcare management
by Ai-bing Ji & Yanhua Qiao & Chang Liu
June 2019, Volume 22, Issue 2
- 197-214 Multimethodology applied to the evaluation of Healthcare in Brazilian municipalities
by Marcos Pereira Estellita Lins & Sergio Orlando Antoun Netto & Maria Stella Castro Lobo - 215-228 Performance evaluation of nonhomogeneous hospitals: the case of Hong Kong hospitals
by Yongjun Li & Xiyang Lei & Alec Morton - 229-244 Appointment scheduling in multi-stage outpatient clinics
by Kenneth J. Klassen & Reena Yoogalingam - 245-286 The use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in healthcare with a focus on hospitals
by Sebastian Kohl & Jan Schoenfelder & Andreas Fügener & Jens O. Brunner - 287-303 A proactive transfer policy for critical patient flow management
by Jaime González & Juan-Carlos Ferrer & Alejandro Cataldo & Luis Rojas - 304-317 Design of shared unit-dose drug distribution network using multi-level particle swarm optimization
by Linjie Chen & Thibaud Monteiro & Tao Wang & Eric Marcon - 318-335 Data-driven optimization methodology for admission control in critical care units
by Amirhossein Meisami & Jivan Deglise-Hawkinson & Mark E. Cowen & Mark P. Oyen - 336-349 Dependence and power in healthcare equipment supply chains
by Jurriaan L. Jong & W. C. Benton - 350-363 Keeping pace with the ebbs and flows in daily nursing home operations
by René Bekker & Dennis Moeke & Bas Schmidt - 364-375 Bayesian logistic regression approaches to predict incorrect DRG assignment
by Mani Suleiman & Haydar Demirhan & Leanne Boyd & Federico Girosi & Vural Aksakalli - 376-390 Patient-centric design of long-term care networks
by Paul Intrevado & Vedat Verter & Lucie Tremblay
March 2019, Volume 22, Issue 1
- 1-15 Nurses’ work with interruptions: an objective model for testing interventions
by Robert A. Myers & Pratik J. Parikh - 16-33 Queueing theoretic analysis of labor and delivery
by Matthew Gombolay & Toni Golen & Neel Shah & Julie Shah - 34-52 Probabilistic sensitivity analysis on Markov models with uncertain transition probabilities: an application in evaluating treatment decisions for type 2 diabetes
by Yuanhui Zhang & Haipeng Wu & Brian T. Denton & James R. Wilson & Jennifer M. Lobo - 53-67 Stochastic integer programming for multi-disciplinary outpatient clinic planning
by A. G. Leeftink & I. M. H. Vliegen & E. W. Hans - 68-84 An optimization model to determine appointment scheduling window for an outpatient clinic with patient no-shows
by Li Luo & Ying Zhou & Bernard T. Han & Jialing Li - 85-105 Classification of hospital admissions into emergency and elective care: a machine learning approach
by Jonas Krämer & Jonas Schreyögg & Reinhard Busse - 106-120 Service quality benchmarking via a novel approach based on fuzzy ELECTRE III and IPA: an empirical case involving the Italian public healthcare context
by Concetta Manuela La Fata & Toni Lupo & Tommaso Piazza - 121-139 Reducing COPD readmissions through predictive modeling and incentive-based interventions
by Xiang Zhong & Sujee Lee & Cong Zhao & Hyo Kyung Lee & Philip A. Bain & Tammy Kundinger & Craig Sommers & Christine Baker & Jingshan Li - 140-155 Dynamically accepting and scheduling patients for home healthcare
by Mustafa Demirbilek & Juergen Branke & Arne Strauss - 156-179 Claims data-driven modeling of hospital time-to-readmission risk with latent heterogeneity
by Suiyao Chen & Nan Kong & Xuxue Sun & Hongdao Meng & Mingyang Li - 180-195 A decision support system for real-time scheduling of multiple patient classes in outpatient services
by William P. Millhiser & Emre A. Veral
December 2018, Volume 21, Issue 4
- 461-474 Scheduling internal medicine resident rotations to ensure fairness and facilitate continuity of care
by Ruben A. Proano & Akshit Agarwal - 475-491 The impact of e-visits on patient access to primary care
by Xiang Zhong & Peter Hoonakker & Philip A. Bain & Albert J. Musa & Jingshan Li - 492-516 Decreasing patient length of stay via new flexible exam room allocation policies in ambulatory care clinics
by Vahab Vahdat & Jacqueline Griffin & James E. Stahl - 517-533 An expected coverage model with a cutoff priority queue
by Soovin Yoon & Laura A. Albert - 534-553 Diabetes and the hospitalized patient
by Nisha Nataraj & Julie Simmons Ivy & Fay Cobb Payton & Joseph Norman - 554-572 Overflow models for the admission of intensive care patients
by Yin-Chi Chan & Eric W. M. Wong & Gavin Joynt & Paul Lai & Moshe Zukerman - 573-586 A supply model for nurse workforce projection in Malaysia
by Zuraida Abal Abas & Mohamad Raziff Ramli & Mohamad Ishak Desa & Nordin Saleh & Ainul Nadziha Hanafiah & Nuraini Aziz & Zaheera Zainal Abidin & Abdul Samad Shibghatullah & Ahmad Fadzli Nizam Abdul Rahman & Haslinda Musa - 587-603 An efficient method for kidney allocation problem: a credibility-based fuzzy common weights data envelopment analysis approach
by Sahar Ahmadvand & Mir Saman Pishvaee