State of the art in physician scheduling

Melanie Erhard, Jan Schoenfelder, Andreas Fügener and Jens O. Brunner

European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, vol. 265, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: Over the last decades, hospitals have faced increasing financial pressure due to rising costs and changes in reimbursement policies. One of the reasons for this development is the rising number of qualified personnel required to handle the consistently growing demand for hospital services. In the U.S., on average more than 50% of hospital costs are workforce related. In order to reduce these expenses without sacrificing quality of care, a stream of research has focused on building more efficient personnel schedules for nurses and physicians.

Keywords: OR in health services; Physician scheduling; Staffing; Rostering; Quantitative modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.06.037

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