Health Operations Management : Patient Flow Logistics in Health Care (Paperback)

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