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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Elena Tanfani , Angela TestiPublisher: Springer Verlag Imprint: Springer Verlag Edition: 2012 Volume: 173 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.541kg ISBN: 9788847023208ISBN 10: 8847023203 Pages: 236 Publication Date: 20 March 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsWorkforce Management based on forecasted demand.- Operating rooms scheduling under uncertainty.- Idealised design and modelling of alternatives to hospital care.- A coordination model for enhancing research on rare diseases.- Integrating simulation and risk-based sensitivity analysis methods in hospital emergency department design.- Technical and scale efficiencies of Catholic hospitals: Does a system value of stewardship matter?- Optimal allocation of urban nuclei to hospital birth centres in a geographical region.- The nurse-to-patient assigment problem in Home Care services.- An analysis of the financial statements of Italian health care providers through correlation-based networks.- Prioritizing health care interventions: A multicriteria resource allocation model to inform the choice of community care programmes.- Using data envelopment analysis for formative evaluation of radiotherapy services: An exploratory study.- A simulation-based decision support tool to analyze clinical pathways in hospital.- Patient mix optimisation for inpatient planning with multiple resources.ReviewsFrom the book reviews: This text is composed of 13 chapters that focus on applications of quantitative strategies in the area of health care research. ... All the chapters are structured well and are consistent in style and presentation. Each paper begins with an abstract and ends with a list of references. ... The book is transdisciplinary in nature; it will serve as a good reference to professionals and policy makers working in health care. (S. E. Ahmed, Technometrics, Vol. 56 (1), January, 2014) This book is a collation of quantitative methodologies that focus on operational research, statistical and economic decision-making, and problems in the field of healthcare. The authors strive to deliver a book that collects extant issues in healthcare and focuses on practical problem-solving applications for these issues. The book meets this objective admirably. ... the book is written for an interdisciplinary and wide audience. ... This is a well-written and comprehensive book that would complement any healthcare manager's (or evaluator's) reference library. (Eric P. Matthews, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2013) From the book reviews: This text is composed of 13 chapters that focus on applications of quantitative strategies in the area of health care research. ... All the chapters are structured well and are consistent in style and presentation. Each paper begins with an abstract and ends with a list of references. ... The book is transdisciplinary in nature; it will serve as a good reference to professionals and policy makers working in health care. (S. E. Ahmed, Technometrics, Vol. 56 (1), January, 2014) This book is a collation of quantitative methodologies that focus on operational research, statistical and economic decision-making, and problems in the field of healthcare. The authors strive to deliver a book that collects extant issues in healthcare and focuses on practical problem-solving applications for these issues. The book meets this objective admirably. ... the book is written for an interdisciplinary and wide audience. ... This is a well-written and comprehensive book that would complement any healthcare manager's (or evaluator's) reference library. (Eric P. Matthews, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2013) From the reviews: This book is a collation of quantitative methodologies that focus on operational research, statistical and economic decision-making, and problems in the field of healthcare. The authors strive to deliver a book that collects extant issues in healthcare and focuses on practical problem-solving applications for these issues. The book meets this objective admirably. ... the book is written for an interdisciplinary and wide audience. ... This is a well-written and comprehensive book that would complement any healthcare manager's (or evaluator's) reference library. (Eric P. Matthews, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2013) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |