 Therapy scheduling and therapy planning at hospitalsJenny Nossack Omega, 2022, vol. 109, issue C Abstract: This paper presents two decision problems, a therapy scheduling and a therapy planning problem, that both arise at psychiatric departments in hospitals. In comparison to other medical departments, the psychiatric treatment includes an extensive therapy program, where various therapies are offered to the patients. Therapies include, e.g., discussion groups, relaxation courses, and artisanal activities. In the therapy scheduling problem, all these therapies have to be scheduled over the week and they have to fulfill a number of constraints (e.g., lunch breaks, precedence relations). Besides the therapy scheduling problem, we furthermore address a therapy planning problem for the patients. Here, therapy plans are defined for the patients, i.e., it has to be decided what therapies the patients attend. So far the therapy schedule as well as the therapy plans have been conducted by hand. To support the planning, we develop mathematical models that generate a therapy schedule and assign therapy plans to the patients. Through optimal therapy planning, hospitals can automate and support the planning processes and can improve the quality of services offered to the patients. Keywords: Health service; Timetabling; Mathematical programming; Optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jomega:v:109:y:2022:i:c:s0305048322000032 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2022.102594 Access Statistics for this article Omega is currently edited by B. Lev More articles in Omega from Elsevier |
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