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June 2020, Volume 23, Issue 2
- 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 - 604-631 Population-level intervention and information collection in dynamic healthcare policy
by Lauren E. Cipriano & Thomas A. Weber - 632-646 Optimal timing of drug sensitivity testing for patients on first-line tuberculosis treatment
by Sze-chuan Suen & Margaret L. Brandeau & Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert
September 2018, Volume 21, Issue 3
- 305-316 RFID-based information visibility for hospital operations: exploring its positive effects using discrete event simulation
by Daniel A. Asamoah & Ramesh Sharda & Howard N. Rude & Derek Doran - 317-325 Simulation-based approximate policy iteration for dynamic patient scheduling for radiation therapy
by Yasin Gocgun - 326-347 Technical and scale efficiency in public and private Irish nursing homes – a bootstrap DEA approach
by Shiovan Ni Luasa & Declan Dineen & Marta Zieba - 348-375 Identifying congestion levels, sources and determinants on intensive care units: the Portuguese case
by Diogo Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques - 376-392 Two-MILP models for scheduling elective surgeries within a private healthcare facility
by Hejer Khlif Hachicha & Farah Zeghal Mansour - 393-400 Technical efficiency of nursing homes: do five-star quality ratings matter?
by Rajendra Dulal - 401-408 An in-depth discussion and illustration of partial least squares structural equation modeling in health care
by Necmi Kemal Avkiran - 409-425 Efficiency of physician specialist groups
by Lukas Kwietniewski & Jonas Schreyögg - 426-438 Does participation in health information exchange improve hospital efficiency?
by Daniel M. Walker - 439-459 Inventory management of reusable surgical supplies
by Adam Diamant & Joseph Milner & Fayez Quereshy & Bo Xu
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
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
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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