A Mixed-Integer Goal Programming Model for Nursing Service Budgeting

Vandankumar M. Trivedi
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Vandankumar M. Trivedi: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Operations Research, 1981, vol. 29, issue 5, 1019-1034

Abstract: This paper presents a mixed-integer goal programming model for expense budgeting in a hospital nursing department. The model incorporates several different objectives based upon such considerations as cost containment and providing appropriate nursing hours for delivering quality nursing care. Also considered are possible trade-offs among full-time, part-time and overtime nurses on weekdays as well as weekends. The budget includes vacation, sick leave, holiday, and seniority policies of a hospital and various constraints on a hospital nursing service imposed by nursing unions. The results are based upon data from a study hospital and indicate that the model is practical for budgeting in a hospital nursing department.

Keywords: 4 expense budget for nursing service; 276 hospital nursing service staffing; 641 goal programming model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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