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Author:   Elena Tanfani ,  Angela Testi
Publisher:   Springer Verlag
Imprint:   Springer Verlag
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012
Volume:   173
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9788847058231

ISBN 10:   8847058236
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   23 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Workforce 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.

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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 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)

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