Vissers, Jan.

Health operations management : patient flow logistics in health care / Jan Vissers and Roger Beech. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2005. - xxi, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge health management series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction 2. Health Operations Management: Introduction of Basic Terminology 3. A Framework for Hospital Production Control 4. Products and Processes 5. Resources 6. Description and Analysis of the Care Process for a Hospital Specialty 7. Admission Planning and Patient Mix 8. Developing Duty Rota Schedules for Specialists Using Multiple Criteria 9. Business Planning for Surgical Specialities: Balancing Waiting Lists and Output 10. Waiting List Evaluation: Priority Criteria 11. Resource Allocation at Annual Level: A Method for Hospital Production Planning 12. Cardio Care Units: Modelling the Interaction of Resources 13. Long Term Hospital Resource Requirements 14. Service Policies Modelling

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Health services administration.
Hospitals--Administration.
Operations research.
Health Services Administration.
Hospital Administration.
Operations Research.

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