Integrated procurement and reprocessing planning for reusable medical devices with a limited shelf life [0.03%]
有限保质期可重复使用医疗器械的采购与再处理集成规划
Steffen Rickers,Florian Sahling
Steffen Rickers
We present a new model formulation for a multiproduct dynamic order quantity problem with product returns and a reprocessing option. The optimization considers the limited shelf life of sterile medical devices as well as the capacity constr...
Correction to: Prediction of hospitalization and waiting time within 24 h of emergency department patients with unstructured text data [0.03%]
校正：关于在24小时内预测急诊科患者住院和等待时间的非结构化文本数据中的错误
Hyeram Seo,Imjin Ahn,Hansle Gwon et al.
Hyeram Seo et al.
Published Erratum
Health care management science. 2024 Mar;27(1):130. DOI:10.1007/s10729-023-09662-3 2024
Efficiency effects of public hospital closures in the context of public hospital reform: a multistep efficiency analysis [0.03%]
公立医院改革背景下公立醫院關閉的效率影響：多步效率分析
Songul Cinaroglu
Songul Cinaroglu
In the wake of hospital reforms introduced in 2011 in Turkey, public hospitals were grouped into associations with joint management and some shared operational and administrative functions, similar in some ways to hospital trusts in the Eng...
David D Cho,Kurt M Bretthauer,Jan Schoenfelder
David D Cho
We consider the problem of setting appropriate patient-to-nurse ratios in a hospital, an issue that is both complex and widely debated. There has been only limited effort to take advantage of the extensive empirical results from the medical...
Combining machine learning and optimization for the operational patient-bed assignment problem [0.03%]
结合机器学习和优化技术解决运营病床分配问题
Fabian Schäfer,Manuel Walther,Dominik G Grimm et al.
Fabian Schäfer et al.
Assigning inpatients to hospital beds impacts patient satisfaction and the workload of nurses and doctors. The assignment is subject to unknown inpatient arrivals, in particular for emergency patients. Hospitals, therefore, need to deal wit...
Determining optimal COVID-19 testing center locations and capacities [0.03%]
确定最佳的COVID-19检测中心的位置和规模
Esma Akgun,Sibel A Alumur,F Safa Erenay
Esma Akgun
We study the problem of determining the locations and capacities of COVID-19 specimen collection centers to efficiently improve accessibility to polymerase chain reaction testing during surges in testing demand. We develop a two-echelon mul...
Hao-Wei Chen
Hao-Wei Chen
Primary care providers (PCPs) are considered the first-line defenders in preventive care. Patients seeking service from the same PCP constitute that physician's panel, which determines the overall supply and demand of the physician. The pro...
Prediction of hospitalization and waiting time within 24 hours of emergency department patients with unstructured text data [0.03%]
基于非结构化文本数据的急诊患者24小时内住院及候诊时长预测模型研究
Hyeram Seo,Imjin Ahn,Hansle Gwon et al.
Hyeram Seo et al.
Overcrowding of emergency departments is a global concern, leading to numerous negative consequences. This study aimed to develop a useful and inexpensive tool derived from electronic medical records that supports clinical decision-making a...
Chane-Haï Timothée,Vercraene Samuel,Monteiro Thibaud
Chane-Haï Timothée
In this paper, we present the first Assignment-Dial-A-Ride problem motivated by a real-life problem faced by medico-social institutions in France. Every day, disabled people use ride-sharing services to go to an appropriate institution wher...
Classification of patients with chronic disease by activation level using machine learning methods [0.03%]
基于机器学习方法的慢性病患者激活水平分类模型研究
Onur Demiray,Evrim D Gunes,Ercan Kulak et al.
Onur Demiray et al.
Patient Activation Measure (PAM) measures the activation level of patients with chronic conditions and correlates well with patient adherence behavior, health outcomes, and healthcare costs. PAM is increasingly used in practice to identify ...