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September 2008, Volume 11, Issue 3
- 288-295 Pricing of prescription drugs and its impact on physicians’ choice behavior
by Chen Miao-Sheng & Shih Yu-Ti - 296-301 A technical note concerning non-adherence to drug therapy: exact expressions for the mean and variance of drug concentration
by Steve Gallivan & Christina Pagel & Martin Utley & Bryony Dean Franklin & Katja Taxis & Nick Barber - 302-305 Quantifying the impact of non-adherence to drug therapy: a technical note concerning an application of a branch and bound algorithm
by Daniel Smith & Christina Pagel & Martin Utley & Steve Gallivan
March 2008, Volume 11, Issue 1
- 1-9 The role of organizational factors in the adoption of healthcare information technology in Florida hospitals
by Neset Hikmet & Anol Bhattacherjee & Nir Menachemi & Varol Kayhan & Robert Brooks - 11-21 Using queuing theory to analyse the Government’s 4-h completion time target in Accident and Emergency departments
by L. Mayhew & D. Smith - 23-33 Optimizing sterilization logistics in hospitals
by Joris Klundert & Philippe Muls & Maarten Schadd - 35-40 Modelling of errors in databases
by Steve Gallivan & Christina Pagel - 41-54 Stratified random sampling for estimating billing accuracy in health care systems
by Jirachai Buddhakulsomsiri & Parthana Parthanadee - 55-65 Understanding and reducing the medication delivery waste via systems mapping and analysis
by Lukasz Mazur & Shi-Jie Chen - 67-77 Is more better? An analysis of hospital outcomes and efficiency with a DEA model of output congestion
by Jan Clement & Vivian Valdmanis & Gloria Bazzoli & Mei Zhao & Askar Chukmaitov - 79-86 Using the Statecharts paradigm for simulation of patient flow in surgical care
by Boris Sobolev & David Harel & Christos Vasilakis & Adrian Levy
December 2007, Volume 10, Issue 4
- 309-310 Special issue on health care simulation
by James Anderson & Godefridus Merode - 311-329 Controlling the US health care system with policy wedges
by George Pasdirtz - 331-339 Simulation tools for developing policies for complex systems: Modeling the health and safety of refugee communities
by James Anderson & Alok Chaturvedi & Mike Cibulskis - 341-355 Contact tracing to control infectious disease: when enough is enough
by Benjamin Armbruster & Margaret Brandeau - 357-364 Evaluating hospital design from an operations management perspective
by Leti Vos & Siebren Groothuis & Godefridus Merode - 365-371 Healthcare system design and parttime working doctors
by J. Molema & S. Groothuis & I. Baars & M. Kleinschiphorst & E. Leers & A. Hasman & G. Merode - 373-385 A comprehensive simulation for wait time reduction and capacity planning applied in general surgery
by Peter VanBerkel & John Blake
September 2007, Volume 10, Issue 3
- 217-229 Optimal outpatient appointment scheduling
by Guido Kaandorp & Ger Koole - 231-238 A Bayesian approach to assess heart disease mortality among persons with diabetes in the presence of missing data
by Betsy Cadwell & James Boyle & Edward Tierney & Theodore Thompson - 239-252 A linear programming model for allocating HIV prevention funds with state agencies: a pilot study
by Stephanie Earnshaw & Katherine Hicks & Anke Richter & Amanda Honeycutt - 253-267 A mixed integer programming model to locate traumatic brain injury treatment units in the Department of Veterans Affairs: a case study
by Murray Côté & Siddhartha Syam & W. Vogel & Diane Cowper - 269-282 Surgical block scheduling in a system of hospitals: an application to resource and wait list management in a British Columbia health authority
by Pablo Santibáñez & Mehmet Begen & Derek Atkins - 283-292 What determines a patient’s treatment? Evidence from out of hours primary care co-op data in the Republic of Ireland
by Grace Lordan - 293-308 Staggered work shifts: a way to downsize and restructure an emergency department workforce yet maintain current operational performance
by David Sinreich & Ola Jabali
June 2007, Volume 10, Issue 2
- 111-124 Effects of clinical characteristics on successful open access scheduling
by Renata Kopach & Po-Ching DeLaurentis & Mark Lawley & Kumar Muthuraman & Leyla Ozsen & Ron Rardin & Hong Wan & Paul Intrevado & Xiuli Qu & Deanna Willis - 125-137 Modeling the emergency cardiac in-patient flow: an application of queuing theory
by Arnoud Bruin & A. Rossum & M. Visser & G. Koole - 139-149 Development of a patient safety culture measurement tool for ambulatory health care settings: analysis of content validity
by Amanda Schutz & Michael Counte & Steven Meurer - 151-162 Dynamic compartmental model of trends in Australian drug use
by Jonathan Caulkins & Paul Dietze & Alison Ritter - 163-172 A three-phase approach for operating theatre schedules
by Angela Testi & Elena Tanfani & Giancarlo Torre - 173-194 Evaluating multiple performance measures across several dimensions at a multi-facility outpatient center
by Marie Matta & Sarah Patterson - 195-215 Predicting joint replacement waiting times
by Lauren Cipriano & Bert Chesworth & Chris Anderson & Gregory Zaric
February 2007, Volume 10, Issue 1
- 1-12 Modeling patient service centers with simulation and system dynamics
by Thomas Rohleder & Diane Bischak & Leland Baskin - 13-24 Optimization of surgery sequencing and scheduling decisions under uncertainty
by Brian Denton & James Viapiano & Andrea Vogl - 25-45 The application of forecasting techniques to modeling emergency medical system calls in Calgary, Alberta
by Nabil Channouf & Pierre L’Ecuyer & Armann Ingolfsson & Athanassios Avramidis - 47-66 Short term hospital occupancy prediction
by Steven Littig & Mark Isken - 67-80 HMO versus non-HMO private managed care plans: an investigation on pre-switch consumption
by Lu Ji & Fei Liu - 81-93 Safety-cost trade-offs in medical device reuse: a Markov decision process model
by Thomas Sloan - 95-104 Probabilistic master lists: integration of patient records from different databases when unique patient identifier is missing
by Farrokh Alemi & Francisco Loaiza & Jee Vang - 105-110 A consensus process for identifying a prioritised list of study questions
by Martin Utley & Steve Gallivan & Mary Mills & Marisa Mason & Christobel Hargraves
November 2006, Volume 9, Issue 4
- 311-324 A review of health care models for coronary heart disease interventions
by K. Cooper & S. Brailsford & R. Davies & J. Raftery - 325-339 Observational study of operating room times for knee and hip replacement surgery at nine U.S. community hospitals
by Franklin Dexter & Lori Weih & Ross Gustafson & Linda Stegura & Mary Oldenkamp & Ruth Wachtel - 341-348 Using a Bayesian belief network model to categorize length of stay for radical prostatectomy patients
by Wojtek Michalowski & Szymon Wilk & Anthony Thijssen & Mingmei Li - 349-357 A mixture model approach to updating payment weights with an application to ICD-10 implementation
by Jason Sutherland & Colin Preyra - 359-369 Cost-effectiveness of referrals to high-volume hospitals: An analysis based on a probabilistic Markov model for hip fracture surgeries
by Afschin Gandjour & Eva-Julia Weyler - 371-389 An analysis of the pediatric vaccine supply shortage problem
by Sheldon Jacobson & Edward Sewell & Ruben Proano - 391-404 A network flow approach to optimizing hospital bed capacity decisions
by Elif Akcali & Murray Côté & Chin Lin
August 2006, Volume 9, Issue 3
- 211-213 Editorial: Hospital case payment systems in Europe
by Reinhard Busse & Jonas Schreyögg & Peter Smith - 215-223 Methods to determine reimbursement rates for diagnosis related groups (DRG): A comparison of nine European countries
by Jonas Schreyögg & Tom Stargardt & Oliver Tiemann & Reinhard Busse - 225-232 Cost accounting and public reimbursement schemes in Spanish hospitals
by Fernando Sánchez-Martínez & José-María Abellán-Perpiñán & Jorge-Eduardo Martínez-Pérez & Jaume Puig-Junoy - 233-242 Costs and prices for inpatient care in England: Mirror twins or distant cousins?
by David Epstein & Anne Mason - 243-250 Cost accounting methodologies in price setting of acute inpatient services in Hungary
by Peter Gaal & Nóra Stefka & Júlia Nagy - 251-258 Inpatient reimbursement system in Italy: How do tariffs relate to costs?
by Giovanni Fattore & Aleksandra Torbica - 259-268 Variable prospective financing in the Danish hospital sector and the development of a Danish case-mix system
by Anni Ankjær-Jensen & Pernille Rosling & Lone Bilde - 269-279 Cost accounting to determine prices: How well do prices reflect costs in the German DRG-system?
by Jonas Schreyögg & Oliver Tiemann & Reinhard Busse - 281-286 The definition of prices for inpatient care in Poland in the absence of cost data
by Adam Kozierkiewicz & Maciej Stamirski & Waldemar Stylo & Wojciech Trąbka - 287-294 Cost assessment and price setting of inpatient care in the Netherlands. The DBC case-mix system
by J. Oostenbrink & F. Rutten - 295-305 Accounting and reimbursement schemes for inpatient care in France
by Martine Bellanger & Laurent Tardif
May 2006, Volume 9, Issue 2
- 111-124 A stochastic model to evaluate options for antenatal genetic screening
by Steve Gallivan & Mark Jit & Martin Utley - 125-142 A new organ transplantation location–allocation policy: a case study of Italy
by Maria Bruni & Domenico Conforti & Nicola Sicilia & Sandro Trotta - 143-149 Optimal pooled testing
by Brett Saraniti - 151-170 Perceptual structure of the desired functionality of internet-based health information systems
by Imran Currim & Vijay Gurbaxani & James LaBelle & Jooseop Lim - 171-179 A biobjective model for the locational planning of hospitals and health centers
by Panagiotis Mitropoulos & Ioannis Mitropoulos & Ioannis Giannikos & Aris Sissouras - 181-188 Analysis of uncompensated hospital care using a DEA model of output congestion
by Gary Ferrier & Michael Rosko & Vivian Valdmanis - 189-206 A descriptive analysis of average productivity among health maintenance organizations, 1985 to 2001
by Douglas Wholey & John Engberg & Cindy Bryce
September 2000, Volume 3, Issue 4
- 269-277 Medical malpractice among physicians: Who will be sued and who will pay?
by Derek Weycker & Gail Jensen - 279-285 Managed care, deficit financing, and aggregate health care expenditure in the United States: A cointegration analysis
by N.R. Murthy & Albert Okunade - 287-297 Diagnosis of MRSA with neural networks and logistic regression approach
by Jen Shang & Yu-sen Lin & Angella Goetz - 299-307 Technical efficiency and economies of diversification in health care
by Diego Prior & Magda Solà - 309-321 The impact of the Austrian hospital financing reform on hospital productivity: empirical evidence on efficiency and technology changes using a non-parametric input-based Malmquist approach
by Margit Sommersguter-Reichmann - 323-329 The planning of cervical cancer screening programmes in Eastern Europe: is viral testing a suitable alternative to smear testing?
by Chris Sherlaw-Johnson & Steve Gallivan - 331-332 Acknowledgement of referees' services
by Yasar Ozcan & Peter Smith
June 2000, Volume 3, Issue 3
- 171-183 Treatment on demand: an operational model
by Edward Kaplan & Mira Johri - 185-192 Determining cost savings from attempted cephalic version in an inner city delivering population
by E. Adams & Patrick Mauldin & Jill Mauldin & Robert Mayberry - 193-200 A mathematical programming approach for scheduling physicians in the emergency room
by Huguette Beaulieu & Jacques Ferland & Bernard Gendron & Philippe Michelon - 201-213 Simulation of robotic courier deliveries in hospital distribution services
by Manuel Rossetti & Robin Felder & Amit Kumar - 215-226 What kind of patients and physicians value direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs
by Füsun Gönül & Franklin Carter & Jerry Wind - 227-235 The impact of operations competitive priorities on hospital performance
by Timothy Butler & G. Leong - 237-247 The relationship between market orientation and performance in the hospital industry: A structural equations modeling approach
by P.S. Raju & Subhash Lonial & Yash Gupta & Craig Ziegler - 249-267 Where efficiency saves lives: A linear programme for the optimal allocation of health care resources in developing countries
by Steffen Flessa
February 2000, Volume 3, Issue 2
- 73-75 Editorial: Capitation and risk adjustment in health care
by Nigel Rice & Peter Smith - 77-88 Capitation funding in Australia: Imperatives and impediments
by Stuart Peacock & Leonie Segal - 89-99 Needs-based primary medical care capitation: Development and evaluation of alternative approaches
by Brian Hutchison & Jeremiah Hurley & Stephen Birch & Jonathan Lomas & Stephen Walter & John Eyles & Fawne Stratford-Devai - 101-109 Risk adjusting capitation: Applications in employed and disabled populations
by Carolyn Madden & Bret Mackay & Susan Skillman & Marcia Ciol & Paula Diehr - 111-119 Growing importance of capitation in Switzerland
by Konstantin Beck - 121-130 Risk adjustment and the fear of markets: The case of Belgium
by Erik Schokkaert & Carine Van de Voorde - 131-140 Ignoring small predictable profits and losses: a new approach for measuring incentives for cream skimming
by Erik van Barneveld & Leida Lamers & René van Vliet & Wynand van de Ven - 141-149 Modelling of resource allocation to health care authorities in Stockholm County
by P.-Å. Andersson & E. Varde & F. Diderichsen - 151-157 Contract design for primary care physicians: Physician location and practice behaviour in small communities
by Rune Sørensen & Jostein Grytten - 159-169 Risk adjustment of capitation payments to behavioral health care carve-outs: How well do existing methodologies account for psychiatric disability?
by Susan Ettner & Richard Frank & Tami Mark & Mark Smith
January 2000, Volume 3, Issue 1
- 1-7 Hospital care for p ersons with AIDS in European‐Union countries; a cross‐country comparison
by Maarten Postma & Helen Kornarou & Vassilis Paparizos & Reiner Leidl & Keith Tolley & John Kyriopoulos & Johannes Jager - 9-21 Estimating the “avoidable” burden of disease by Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)
by Sandra Hollinghurst & Gwyn Bevan & Cam Bowie - 23-29 Data Envelopment Analysis to determine efficiencies of health maintenance organizations
by Kris Siddharthan & Melissa Ahern & Robert Rosenman - 31-42 Health care expenditure inertia in the OECD countries: A heterogeneous analysis
by Albert Okunade & Chutima Suraratdecha - 43-49 Measuring concentration in primary care
by David Whynes & Paul Thornton - 51-71 Public health care and private insurance demand: The waiting time as a link
by Mireia Jofre-Bonet
July 1999, Volume 2, Issue 3
- 125-136 Member risk adjustment for ambulatory episodes of care
by David Brailer & Eugene Kroch - 137-148 The quick response initiative in the emergency department: who benefits?
by Robin Weir & Gina Browne & Carolyn Byrne & Jacqueline Roberts & Amiram Gafni & Arlene Thompson & Marian Walsh & Lynda McColl - 149-160 Predictors of Medicare costs in elderly beneficiaries with breast, colorectal, lung, or prostate cancer
by Lynne Penberthy & Sheldon Retchin & M. McDonald & Donna McClish & Christopher Desch & Gerald Riley & Thomas Smith & Bruce Hillner & Craig Newschaffer - 161-172 Efficiency measurement of health care: a review of non‐parametric methods and applications
by Bruce Hollingsworth & P.J. Dawson & N. Maniadakis - 173-179 Estimating the prevalence of injecting drug users on the basis of Markov models of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: applications to Italian data
by Carla Rossi - 181-191 Decision support for malaria‐control programmes – a system dynamics model
by Steffen Flessa
October 1998, Volume 1, Issue 2
- 77-85 Health care management modelling: a process perspective
by Jan Vissers - 87-93 Using simulation to educate hospital staff about casemix
by David Cromwell & Donna Priddis & Don Hindle - 95-100 The transformation of the probability of a heart fatality into a queue position
by Patrick Rivett & Timothy Anglin & Andrew Meyer - 103-113 Use of a mathematical model to evaluate breast cancer screening policy
by Rose Baker - 115-124 Evaluating screening policies for the early detection of retinopathy in patients with non‐insulin dependent diabetes
by Sally Brailsford & Ruth Davies & Chris Canning & Paul Roderick - 125-131 Evaluating the costs of alternative options for dementia services
by Thierry Chaussalet & Peter Millard & Elia El‐Darzi - 133-140 Selecting a decision model for economic evaluation: a case study and review
by Jonathan Karnon & Jackie Brown - 143-149 A simulation modelling approach to evaluating length of stay, occupancy, emptiness and bed blocking in a hospital geriatric department
by E. El‐Darzi & C. Vasilakis & T. Chaussalet & P.H. Millard - 151-157 An analysis of admission, discharge and bed occupancy of stroke patients aged 65 and over in English hospitals
by Chooi Lee & Christos Vasilakis & Damian Kearney & Rupert Pearse & Peter Millard - 159-163 A three compartment model of the patient flows in a geriatric department: a decision support approach
by Sally McClean & Peter Millard - 165-173 Decision making support in reshaping hospital medical services
by Xiao‐Ming Huang
September 1998, Volume 1, Issue 1
- 1-4 Towards a science of the management of health care
by Yasar Ozcan & Peter Smith - 5-17 Physician benchmarking: measuring variation in practice behavior in treatment of otitis media
by Yasar Ozcan - 19-27 Multifactor efficiency in Data Envelopment Analysis with an application to urban hospitals
by Liam O'Neill - 29-37 An investigation of neural networks in thyroid function diagnosis
by Guoqiang Zhang & Victor Berardi - 39-52 Why do patients prefer hospital emergency visits? A nested multinomial logit analysis for patient‐initiated contacts
by Jaume Puig‐Junoy & Marc Saez & Esther Martínez‐García - 53-59 Use of statistical process control for surveillance of pulmonary dysfunction in groups in the workplace
by Paul McAree & Kenneth Bauer & David Louis & Jack Jackson - 61-74 Computers in the consulting room: a case study of clinician and patient perspectives
by Carolyn Aydin & James Anderson & Peter Rosen & Vincent Felitti & Hui‐Ching Weng