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September 2014, Volume 17, Issue 3
- 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 - 239-253 Modelling the impacts of new diagnostic tools for tuberculosis in developing countries to enhance policy decisions
by Ivor Langley & Basra Doulla & Hsien-Ho Lin & Kerry Millington & Bertie Squire - 254-269 Resource planning for ambulance services in mass casualty incidents: a DES-based policy model
by Marion Rauner & Michaela Schaffhauser-Linzatti & Helmut Niessner - 270-282 Modelling human resources policies with Markov models: an illustration with the South African nursing labour market
by Mylene Lagarde & John Cairns - 283-291 Public health systems analysis—the transfer of learning between developed and developing countries
by Colin Thunhurst
June 2012, Volume 15, Issue 2
- 91-102 A Markov decision model for determining optimal outpatient scheduling
by Jonathan Patrick - 103-107 Presenting Germany’s drug pricing rule as a cost-per-QALY rule
by Afschin Gandjour - 108-120 Modeling and analysis of work flow and staffing level in a computed tomography division of University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation
by Junwen Wang & Shichuan Quan & Jingshan Li & Amy Hollis - 121-137 Determining population based mortality risk in the Department of Veterans Affairs
by Theodore Stefos & Laura Lehner & Marta Render & Eileen Moran & Peter Almenoff - 138-154 Intensity modulated radiation therapy with field rotation—a time-varying fractionation study
by Delal Dink & Mark Langer & Ronald Rardin & Joseph Pekny & Gintaras Reklaitis & Behlul Saka - 155-169 Modeling the impact of changing patient transportation systems on peri-operative process performance in a large hospital: insights from a computer simulation study
by Danny Segev & Retsef Levi & Peter Dunn & Warren Sandberg
March 2012, Volume 15, Issue 1
- 1-14 Improving patient flow in an obstetric unit
by Jacqueline Griffin & Shuangjun Xia & Siyang Peng & Pinar Keskinocak - 15-28 Medicare managed care and primary care quality: examining racial/ethnic effects across states
by Jayasree Basu - 29-36 The impact of hospital utilization on patient readmission rate
by David Anderson & Bruce Golden & Wolfgang Jank & Edward Wasil - 37-47 U.S. hospital efficiency and adoption of health information technology
by Natalia Zhivan & Mark Diana - 48-62 On the effect of prospective payment on local hospital competition in Germany
by Helmut Herwartz & Christoph Strumann - 63-78 Modeling and simulation of blood collection systems
by Edgar Alfonso & Xiaolan Xie & Vincent Augusto & Olivier Garraud - 79-90 Use of Self-Organizing Maps for Balanced Scorecard analysis to monitor the performance of dialysis clinic chains
by Isabella Cattinelli & Elena Bolzoni & Carlo Barbieri & Flavio Mari & José Martin-Guerrero & Emilio Soria-Olivas & José Martinez-Martinez & Juan Gomez-Sanchis & Claudia Amato & Andrea Stopper & Emanuele Gatti
November 2011, Volume 14, Issue 4
- 299-306 Spinned Poisson distribution with health management application
by Ramalingam Shanmugam - 307-313 The agreement and internal consistency of national hospital EMR measures
by Abby Kazley & Mark Diana & Nir Menachemi - 314-323 Communities of color? Client-to-client racial concordance in the selection of mental health programs for Caucasians and African Americans
by Naoru Koizumi & Aileen Rothbard & Tony Smith & Jeremy Mayer - 324-337 Outcome based state budget allocation for diabetes prevention programs using multi-criteria optimization with robust weights
by Sanjay Mehrotra & Kibaek Kim - 338-347 Examining the discharge practices of surgeons at a large medical center
by David Anderson & Carter Price & Bruce Golden & Wolfgang Jank & Edward Wasil - 348-360 How to juggle priorities? An interactive tool to provide quantitative support for strategic patient-mix decisions: an ophthalmology case
by Paul Joustra & Jesse Wit & Nico Dijk & Piet Bakker - 361-369 Optimal timing of joint replacement using mathematical programming and stochastic programming models
by Baruch Keren & Joseph Pliskin - 370-382 How do strategic decisions and operative practices affect operating room productivity?
by Antti Peltokorpi - 383-384 ORchestra: an online reference database of OR/MS literature in health care
by Peter Hulshof & Richard Boucherie & J. Essen & Erwin Hans & Johann Hurink & Nikky Kortbeek & Nelly Litvak & Peter Vanberkel & Egbert Veen & Bart Veltman & Ingrid Vliegen & Maartje Zonderland - 385-388 Modeling and notation of DEA with strong and weak disposable outputs
by Ludwig Kuntz & Sandra Sülz - 389-390 Response to modeling and notation of DEA with strong and weak disposable outputs
by Gary Ferrier & Michael Rosko & Vivian Valdmanis - 391-391 Response to modeling and notation of DEA with strong and weak disposable outputs
by Jan Clement & Vivian Valdmanis & Gloria Bazzoli & Mei Zhao & Askar Chukmaitov - 392-395 Acknowledgement of referees’ services
by Yasar Ozcan
September 2011, Volume 14, Issue 3
- 213-214 Editorial: IMA Health 2010
by Christos Vasilakis & Thierry Chaussalet & Rose Baker - 215-222 An operational research approach to identify cardiac surgery patients at risk of severe post-operative bleeding
by Brian Reddy & Christina Pagel & Alain Vuylsteke & Caroline Gerrard & Sam Nashef & Martin Utley - 223-236 Using discrete event simulation to design a more efficient hospital pharmacy for outpatients
by Matthew Reynolds & Christos Vasilakis & Monsey McLeod & Nicholas Barber & Ann Mounsey & Sue Newton & Ann Jacklin & Bryony Franklin - 237-249 Scheduling admissions and reducing variability in bed demand
by René Bekker & Paulien Koeleman - 250-252 A technical note concerning emergency bed demand
by Steve Gallivan & Martin Utley - 253-261 Modelling catchment areas for secondary care providers: a case study
by Simon Jones & Jessica Wardlaw & Susan Crouch & Michelle Carolan - 262-266 Modelling to estimate future trends in cancer prevalence
by Francesca Fiorentino & Jacob Maddams & Henrik Møller & Martin Utley - 267-278 The performance of automated case-mix adjustment regression model building methods in a health outcome prediction setting
by Min-Hua Jen & Alex Bottle & Graham Kirkwood & Ron Johnston & Paul Aylin - 279-291 Costing hospital resources for stroke patients using phase-type models
by Jennifer Gillespie & Sally McClean & Bryan Scotney & Lalit Garg & Maria Barton & Ken Fullerton - 292-298 Simulating waiting list management
by John Bowers
June 2011, Volume 14, Issue 2
- 125-134 Controlling for quality in the hospital cost function
by Kathleen Carey & Theodore Stefos - 135-145 Using simulation modeling to improve patient flow at an outpatient orthopedic clinic
by Thomas Rohleder & Peter Lewkonia & Diane Bischak & Paul Duffy & Rosa Hendijani - 146-157 A probabilistic model for predicting the probability of no-show in hospital appointments
by Adel Alaeddini & Kai Yang & Chandan Reddy & Susan Yu - 158-173 Managing magnetic resonance imaging machines: support tools for scheduling and planning
by Adam Carpenter & Lawrence Leemis & Alan Papir & David Phillips & Grace Phillips - 174-188 Inferring model parameters in network-based disease simulation
by Eva Enns & Margaret Brandeau - 189-202 Long term staff scheduling of physicians with different experience levels in hospitals using column generation
by Jens Brunner & Günther Edenharter - 203-211 Tumour doubling times and the length bias in breast cancer screening programmes
by Israel Vieira & Valter Senna & Paul Harper & Arjan Shahani
March 2011, Volume 14, Issue 1
- 1-21 Probability model for estimating colorectal polyp progression rates
by Chaitra Gopalappa & Selen Aydogan-Cremaschi & Tapas Das & Seza Orcun - 22-35 Efficiency and quality of care in nursing homes: an Italian case study
by Giulia Garavaglia & Emanuele Lettieri & Tommaso Agasisti & Silvano Lopez - 36-55 Time for a new budget allocation model for hospital care in Stockholm?
by Per-Åke Andersson & Daniel Bruce & Anders Walander & Inga Viberg - 56-73 An open source software project for obstetrical procedure scheduling and occupancy analysis
by Mark Isken & Timothy Ward & Steven Littig - 74-88 An optimal decision making model for supporting week hospital management
by Domenico Conforti & Francesca Guerriero & Rosita Guido & Marco Cerinic & Maria Conforti - 89-114 Operational research in the management of the operating theatre: a survey
by Francesca Guerriero & Rosita Guido - 115-124 A model for allocating CDC’s HIV prevention resources in the United States
by Arielle Lasry & Stephanie Sansom & Katherine Hicks & Vladislav Uzunangelov
December 2010, Volume 13, Issue 4
- 281-293 Pharma rebates, pharmacy benefit managers and employer outcomes
by Özden Gür Ali & Murali Mantrala - 294-318 Using simulation-optimization to construct screening strategies for cervical cancer
by Laura McLay & Christodoulos Foufoulides & Jason Merrick - 319-333 Does substituting home care for institutional care lead to a reduction in Medicaid expenditures?
by Michelle Amaral - 334-345 Potential gains from hospital mergers in Denmark
by Troels Kristensen & Peter Bogetoft & Kjeld Pedersen - 346-357 Measuring cost efficiency in the Nordic Hospitals—a cross-sectional comparison of public hospitals in 2002
by Miika Linna & Unto Häkkinen & Mikko Peltola & Jon Magnussen & Kjartan Anthun & Sverre Kittelsen & Annette Roed & Kim Olsen & Emma Medin & Clas Rehnberg - 358-377 A game-theoretic framework for estimating a health purchaser’s willingness-to-pay for health and for expansion
by Reza Yaesoubi & Stephen Roberts - 378-387 Explaining the efficiency of local health departments in the U.S.: an exploratory analysis
by Kankana Mukherjee & Rexford Santerre & Ning Jackie Zhang
September 2010, Volume 13, Issue 3
- 193-209 Exact and approximate probability distributions of evidence-based bundle composite compliance measures
by James Benneyan & Aysun Taşeli - 210-221 A data-integrated simulation-based optimization for assigning nurses to patient admissions
by Duraikannan Sundaramoorthi & Victoria Chen & Jay Rosenberger & Seoung Kim & Deborah Buckley-Behan - 222-233 Risk-adjusted number-between failures charting procedures for monitoring a patient care process for acute myocardial infarctions
by Fah Gan & Tess Tan - 234-255 Money for nothing?
by Pedro Barros & Sara Machado - 256-267 Planning and scheduling of semi-urgent surgeries
by Maartje Zonderland & Richard Boucherie & Nelly Litvak & Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp - 268-279 Length of stay and imminent discharge probability distributions from multistage models: variation by diagnosis, severity of illness, and hospital
by Gary Harrison & Gabriel Escobar - 280-280 Letter to Editor: Previous research in operating room scheduling and staffing
by Franklin Dexter & Liam O’Neill
June 2010, Volume 13, Issue 2
- 101-111 Impact of e-detailing on the number of new prescriptions
by Füsun Gönül & Franklin Carter - 112-123 Production efficiency and financing of public health: an analysis of small municipalities in the state of São Paulo — Brazil
by Patrícia Varela & Gilberto de Martins & Luiz Fávero - 124-136 Evaluating emergency medical service performance measures
by Laura McLay & Maria Mayorga - 137-154 Modeling the impact of comorbidity on breast cancer patient outcomes
by Shengfan Zhang & Julie Ivy & Fay Payton & Kathleen Diehl - 155-169 A non-homogeneous discrete time Markov model for admission scheduling and resource planning in a cost or capacity constrained healthcare system
by Lalit Garg & Sally McClean & Brian Meenan & Peter Millard - 170-181 Analysing the length of care episode after hip fracture: a nonparametric and a parametric Bayesian approach
by Jaakko Riihimäki & Reijo Sund & Aki Vehtari - 182-191 Analysing management policies for operating room planning using simulation
by Marie Persson & Jan Persson
March 2010, Volume 13, Issue 1
- 1-16 How different are hospitals’ responses to a financial reform? The impact on efficiency of activity-based financing
by Erik Biørn & Terje Hagen & Tor Iversen & Jon Magnussen - 17-26 Reducing access times for an endoscopy department by an iterative combination of computer simulation and Linear Programming
by P. Joustra & J. Wit & V. Struben & B. Overbeek & P. Fockens & S. Elkhuizen - 27-34 Environmental factors and productivity on Dutch hospitals: a semi-parametric approach
by Jos Blank & Vivian Valdmanis - 35-53 Automating the self-scheduling process of nurses in Swedish healthcare: a pilot study
by Elina Rönnberg & Torbjörn Larsson - 54-64 Pricing strategies for combination pediatric vaccines and their impact on revenue: Pediarix® or Pentacel®?
by Matthew Robbins & Sheldon Jacobson & Edward Sewell - 65-73 Adjusting case mix payment amounts for inaccurately reported comorbidity data
by Jason Sutherland & Jeremy Hamm & Jeff Hatcher - 74-83 Reporting trends in a regional medication error data-sharing system
by James Anderson & Rangaraj Ramanujam & Devon Hensel & Carl Sirio - 84-100 The impact of CON regulation on hospital efficiency
by Gary Ferrier & Hervé Leleu & Vivian Valdmanis
December 2009, Volume 12, Issue 4
- 341-341 Editorial
by Yasar Ozcan - 342-343 Health emergency & care management
by Angela Testi & Anna Sciomachen - 344-350 A computational approach for the health care market
by Marcello Montefiori & Marina Resta - 351-362 Incentive compatibility in kidney exchange problems
by Silvia Villa & Fioravante Patrone - 363-373 Tactical and operational decisions for operating room planning: Efficiency and welfare implications
by Angela Testi & Elena Tànfani - 374-391 What is a ‘generic’ hospital model?—a comparison of ‘generic’ and ‘specific’ hospital models of emergency patient flows
by Adrian Fletcher & Dave Worthington - 392-407 Reducing patient wait times and improving resource utilization at British Columbia Cancer Agency’s ambulatory care unit through simulation
by Pablo Santibáñez & Vincent Chow & John French & Martin Puterman & Scott Tyldesley - 408-419 The performance of a generalized Bailey–Welch rule for outpatient appointment scheduling under inpatient and emergency demand
by Sabine Sickinger & Rainer Kolisch - 420-433 How well does diagnosis-based risk-adjustment work for comparing ambulatory clinical outcomes?
by Askar Chukmaitov & David Harless & Nir Menachemi & Charles Saunders & Robert Brooks - 434-450 Exploring information systems outsourcing in U.S. hospital-based health care delivery systems
by Mark L. Diana
September 2009, Volume 12, Issue 3
- 201-216 The impact of TennCare on hospital efficiency
by Cyril Chang & Jennifer Troyer - 217-227 The timing of adoption of positron emission tomography: a real options approach
by Paolo Pertile & Emanuele Torri & Luciano Flor & Stefano Tardivo - 228-242 Accommodating individual preferences in nurse scheduling via auctions and optimization
by Melanie De Grano & D. Medeiros & David Eitel - 243-251 Emergency department visits: the cost of trauma centers
by Kyung Kim & Kathleen Carey & James Burgess - 252-268 A data-integrated simulation model to evaluate nurse–patient assignments
by Durai Sundaramoorthi & Victoria Chen & Jay Rosenberger & Seoung Kim & Deborah Buckley-Behan - 269-284 On the effectiveness of care co-ordination services aimed at preventing hospital admissions and emergency attendances
by Les Mayhew - 285-305 Flexible shift scheduling of physicians
by Jens Brunner & Jonathan Bard & Rainer Kolisch - 306-324 Specialization and competition in healthcare delivery networks
by Vikram Tiwari & H. Heese - 325-340 Improving patient flow at an outpatient clinic: study of sources of variability and improvement factors
by Suresh Chand & Herbert Moskowitz & John Norris & Steve Shade & Deanna Willis
June 2009, Volume 12, Issue 2
- 117-118 Operational research applied to health services 2007 special issue
by Franklin Dexter & Eric Marcon & Xiaolan Xie - 119-128 Optimizing nursing human resource planning in British Columbia
by Mariel Lavieri & Martin Puterman - 129-141 Patient mix optimisation and stochastic resource requirements: A case study in cardiothoracic surgery planning
by Ivo Adan & Jos Bekkers & Nico Dellaert & Jan Vissers & Xiaoting Yu - 142-146 What is the best workflow for an operating room? A simulation study of five scenarios
by Riitta Marjamaa & Paulus Torkki & Eero Hirvensalo & Olli Kirvelä - 147-154 Speed and quality in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery: is there a connection?
by Juha-Matti Lehtonen & Mikko Hippeläinen & Eija Kattainen & Juhani Kouri & Jaakko Kujala - 155-165 Restructuring patient flow logistics around patient care needs: implications and practicalities from three critical cases
by Stefano Villa & Marta Barbieri & Federico Lega - 166-178 Redesigning pharmacy delivery processes of a health care complex
by Vincent Augusto & Xiaolan Xie - 179-191 Exploring new operational research opportunities within the Home Care context: the chemotherapy at home
by Salma Chahed & Eric Marcon & Evren Sahin & Dominique Feillet & Yves Dallery - 192-200 The economics of cancer care: longitudinal changes in provider efficiency
by James Langabeer & Yasar Ozcan
March 2009, Volume 12, Issue 1
- 1-10 Identifying the impact of government targets on waiting times in the NHS
by Sofia Dimakou & David Parkin & Nancy Devlin & John Appleby - 11-26 Modelling healthcare systems with phase-type distributions
by Mark Fackrell - 27-37 Optimal investment in HIV prevention programs: more is not always better
by Margaret Brandeau & Gregory Zaric - 38-55 Inter-DRG resource dynamics in a prospective payment system: a stochastic kernel approach
by Anurag Sharma - 56-66 An empirical study for medication delivery improvement based on healthcare professionals’ perceptions of medication delivery system
by Lukasz Mazur & Shi-Jie Chen - 67-79 Erlang loss models for the static deployment of ambulances
by Mateo Restrepo & Shane Henderson & Huseyin Topaloglu - 80-98 A deterministic model of home and community care client counts in British Columbia
by W. Hare & A. Alimadad & H. Dodd & R. Ferguson & A. Rutherford - 99-114 Effect of two-level provider capacities on the performance of open access clinics
by Xiuli Qu & Jing Shi - 115-115 Hidden waiting times of elective surgery
by Owen Bradfield
December 2008, Volume 11, Issue 4
- 307-318 Sensitivity of super-efficient data envelopment analysis results to individual decision-making units: an example of surgical workload by specialty
by Franklin Dexter & Liam O’Neill & Lei Xin & Johannes Ledolter - 319-338 Efficiency of Thai provincial public hospitals during the introduction of universal health coverage using capitation
by Rajitkanok Puenpatom & Robert Rosenman - 339-352 Maximizing the effectiveness of a pediatric vaccine formulary while prohibiting extraimmunization
by Shane Hall & Edward Sewell & Sheldon Jacobson - 353-358 Detecting hospital fraud and claim abuse through diabetic outpatient services
by Fen-May Liou & Ying-Chan Tang & Jean-Yi Chen - 359-372 Understanding the effects of pharmaceutical promotion: a neural network approach guided by genetic algorithm-partial least squares
by Chee Lim & Toru Kirikoshi - 373-381 An analysis of hospital efficiency and productivity growth using the Luenberger indicator
by Carlos Barros & António Gomes de Menezes & Nicolas Peypoch & Bernardin Solonandrasana & José Vieira - 382-392 Assessing nursing home care quality through Bayesian networks
by Justin Goodson & Wooseung Jang - 393-398 Are physician and non-physician providers of outpatient mental healthcare substitutes or complements? a conceptual clarification
by Albert Okunade & Vasudeva Murthy - 399-406 Keeping the noise down: common random numbers for disease simulation modeling
by Natasha Stout & Sue Goldie
September 2008, Volume 11, Issue 3
- 215-227 Determinants of the choice of health care provider in Nigeria
by Lloyd Amaghionyeodiwe - 228-239 Operating room management and operating room productivity: the case of Germany
by Maresi Berry & Thomas Berry-Stölzle & Alexander Schleppers - 240-247 Restructuring routine elective services to reduce overall capacity requirements within a local health economy
by Martin Utley & Mark Jit & Steve Gallivan - 248-261 A queueing network model to analyze the impact of parallelization of care on patient cycle time
by Lixiang Jiang & Ronald Giachetti - 262-274 Optimal ambulance location with random delays and travel times
by Armann Ingolfsson & Susan Budge & Erhan Erkut - 275-287 A survey on statistical methods for health care fraud detection
by Jing Li & Kuei-Ying Huang & Jionghua Jin & Jianjun Shi