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Appointment scheduling in surgery pre-admission testing clinics

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  • Agnihothri, Saligrama
  • Cappanera, Paola
  • Nonato, Maddalena
  • Visintin, Filippo

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Pre-admission testing clinics are care units serving outpatients prior to surgical operation and performing procedure-specific tests to prepare them. Patients may need multiple tests, each performed by a specialized operator and delivered in any order. Exam rooms act as renewable resources: rooms are limited, tests are administered to patients inside the rooms, individually, and patients occupy the room until all the required tests are completed.

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  • Agnihothri, Saligrama & Cappanera, Paola & Nonato, Maddalena & Visintin, Filippo, 2024. "Appointment scheduling in surgery pre-admission testing clinics," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:123:y:2024:i:c:s0305048323001585
    DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2023.102994
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