Health Care Management Science

1998 - 2025

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Volume 20, issue 4, 2017

Flexible bed allocations for hospital wards pp. 453-466

René Bekker, Ger Koole and Dennis Roubos

Decomposition of potential efficiency gains from hospital mergers in Greece pp. 467-484

Angeliki Flokou, Vassilis Aletras and Dimitris Niakas

Enhancing community based health programs in Iran: a multi-objective location-allocation model pp. 485-499

S. Khodaparasti, H. R. Maleki, S. Jahedi, M. E. Bruni and P. Beraldi

Determinants of efficiency in reducing child mortality in developing countries. The role of inequality and government effectiveness pp. 500-516

Bienvenido Ortega, Jesús Sanjuán and Antonio Casquero

Dynamic ambulance dispatching: is the closest-idle policy always optimal? pp. 517-531

C. J. Jagtenberg, S. Bhulai and R. D. Mei

Sustaining critical care: using evidence-based simulation to evaluate ICU management policies pp. 532-547

Amin Mahmoudian-Dehkordi and Somayeh Sadat

Simulation-optimization model for production planning in the blood supply chain pp. 548-564

Andres F. Osorio, Sally C. Brailsford, Honora K. Smith, Sonia P. Forero-Matiz and Bernardo A. Camacho-Rodríguez

Using nonparametric conditional approach to integrate quality into efficiency analysis: empirical evidence from cardiology departments pp. 565-576

Yauheniya Varabyova, Carl Blankart and Jonas Schreyögg

Erratum to: Using nonparametric conditional approach to integrate quality into efficiency analysis: empirical evidence from cardiology departments pp. 577-577

Yauheniya Varabyova, Carl Blankart and Jonas Schreyögg

Scheduling rules to achieve lead-time targets in outpatient appointment systems pp. 578-589

Thu-Ba T. Nguyen, Appa Iyer Sivakumar and Stephen C. Graves

Using observed sequence to orient causal networks pp. 590-599

Farrokh Alemi, Manaf Zargoush and Jee Vang

Volume 20, issue 3, 2017

Clustered and distinct: a taxonomy of local multihospital systems pp. 303-315

Patrick D. Shay and Stephen S. Farnsworth Mick

Cost efficiency of nursing homes: do five-star quality ratings matter? pp. 316-325

Rajendra Dulal

Due time driven surgery scheduling pp. 326-352

Michael Samudra, Erik Demeulemeester, Brecht Cardoen, Nancy Vansteenkiste and Frank E. Rademakers

Dynamic clustering of hazard functions: an application to disease progression in chronic heart failure pp. 353-364

Francesca Ieva, Anna Maria Paganoni and Teresa Pietrabissa

Measuring health indicators and allocating health resources: a DEA-based approach pp. 365-378

Chih-Ching Yang

Comparing the Efficiency of Hospitals in Italy and Germany: Nonparametric Conditional Approach Based on Partial Frontier pp. 379-394

Yauheniya Varabyova, Carl Blankart, Aleksandra Torbica and Jonas Schreyögg

Demographic factors influencing nonurgent emergency department utilization among a Medicaid population pp. 395-402

Leigh A. McCormack, Stephen G. Jones and Steven L. Coulter

Strategies for interday appointment scheduling in primary care pp. 403-418

Lara Wiesche, Matthias Schacht and Brigitte Werners

Preferred supplier contracts in post-patent prescription drug markets pp. 419-432

Carl Blankart and Tom Stargardt

Queueing network model for obstetric patient flow in a hospital pp. 433-451

Hideaki Takagi, Yuta Kanai and Kazuo Misue

Volume 20, issue 2, 2017

Output congestion leads to compromised care in Peruvian public hospital neonatal units pp. 157-164

Alejandro Arrieta and Jorge Guillén

A dynamic ambulance management model for rural areas pp. 165-186

T. C. Barneveld, S. Bhulai and R. D. Mei

A stochastic model of acute-care decisions based on patient and provider heterogeneity pp. 187-206

Muge Capan, Julie S. Ivy, James R. Wilson and Jeanne M. Huddleston

Case mix planning in hospitals: a review and future agenda pp. 207-220

Sebastian Hof, Andreas Fügener, Jan Schoenfelder and Jens O. Brunner

Complementary effect of patient volume and quality of care on hospital cost efficiency pp. 221-231

Jeong Hoon Choi, Imsu Park, Ilyoung Jung and Asoke Dey

Cost inefficiency under financial strain: a stochastic frontier analysis of hospitals in Washington State through the Great Recession pp. 232-245

Germán M. Izón and Chelsea A. Pardini

Stochastic multi-objective auto-optimization for resource allocation decision-making in fixed-input health systems pp. 246-264

Nathaniel D. Bastian, Tahir Ekin, Hyojung Kang, Paul M. Griffin, Lawrence V. Fulton and Benjamin C. Grannan

Assessing overall, technical, and scale efficiency among home health care agencies pp. 265-275

Vivian Valdmanis, Michael D. Rosko, Hervé Leleu and Dana B. Mukamel

Optimizing nurse capacity in a teaching hospital neonatal intensive care unit pp. 276-285

Ali Kokangul, Serap Akcan and Mufide Narli

Strategic level proton therapy patient admission planning: a Markov decision process modeling approach pp. 286-302

Ridvan Gedik, Shengfan Zhang and Chase Rainwater

Volume 20, issue 1, 2017

Improving the performance of surgery-based clinical pathways: a simulation-optimization approach pp. 1-15

Yasar A. Ozcan, Elena Tànfani and Angela Testi

Optimizing patient treatment decisions in an era of rapid technological advances: the case of hepatitis C treatment pp. 16-32

Shan Liu, Margaret L. Brandeau and Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert

Scheduling elective surgeries: the tradeoff among bed capacity, waiting patients and operating room utilization using goal programming pp. 33-54

Xiangyong Li, N. Rafaliya, M. Fazle Baki and Ben A. Chaouch

Stochastic resource allocation in emergency departments with a multi-objective simulation optimization algorithm pp. 55-75

Yen-Yi Feng, I-Chin Wu and Tzu-Li Chen

Quantifying and explaining accessibility with application to the 2009 H1N1 vaccination campaign pp. 76-93

Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Nicoleta Serban, Julie Swann and Pascale Wortley

Contextual, organizational and ecological effects on the variations in hospital readmissions of rural Medicare beneficiaries in eight southeastern states pp. 94-104

Thomas T. H. Wan, Judith Ortiz, Alice Du and Adam G. Golden

A new preparedness policy for EMS logistics pp. 105-114

Seokcheon Lee

Overutilization and underutilization of operating rooms - insights from behavioral health care operations management pp. 115-128

Andreas Fügener, Sebastian Schiffels and Rainer Kolisch

Using data envelopment analysis for assessing the performance of pediatric emergency department physicians pp. 129-140

Javier Fiallos, Jonathan Patrick, Wojtek Michalowski and Ken Farion

Incorporating nurse absenteeism into staffing with demand uncertainty pp. 141-155

Kayse Lee Maass, Boying Liu, Mark S. Daskin, Mary Duck, Zhehui Wang, Rama Mwenesi and Hannah Schapiro

Volume 19, issue 4, 2016

Creating impact with operations research in health: making room for practice in academia pp. 305-312

Margaret L. Brandeau

Measuring the efficiency of the Greek rural primary health care using a restricted DEA model; the case of southern and western Greece pp. 313-325

Nikolaos Oikonomou, Yannis Tountas, Argiris Mariolis, Kyriakos Souliotis, Kostas Athanasakis and John Kyriopoulos

Determinants of received long-term care – Individual responses to regional nursing home provisions pp. 326-337

Adam Pilny and Magdalena A. Stroka

The effect of information technology on hospital performance pp. 338-346

Cynthia Williams, Yara Asi, Amanda Raffenaud, Matt Bagwell and Ibrahim Zeini

Capacity planning and appointment scheduling for new patient oncology consults pp. 347-361

Xiang Ma, Antoine Sauré, Martin L. Puterman, Marianne Taylor and Scott Tyldesley

Iterative optimization algorithm with parameter estimation for the ambulance location problem pp. 362-382

Sun Hoon Kim and Young Hoon Lee

The operating room case-mix problem under uncertainty and nurses capacity constraints pp. 383-394

Zakaria Yahia, Amr B. Eltawil and Nermine A. Harraz

Volume 18, issue 4, 2015

An examination of competition and efficiency for hospital industry in Turkey pp. 407-418

Hacer Özgen Narcı, Yasar A. Ozcan, İsmet Şahin, Menderes Tarcan and Mustafa Narcı

Allocating operating room block time using historical caseload variability pp. 419-430

Narges Hosseini and Kevin Taaffe

Benchmarking clinical practice in surgery: looking beyond traditional mortality rates pp. 431-443

Ricardo Castro, Pedro Oliveira, Maria Silva, Ana Camanho and João Queiroz e Melo

Time-dependent ambulance allocation considering data-driven empirically required coverage pp. 444-458

Dirk Degel, Lara Wiesche, Sebastian Rachuba and Brigitte Werners

The impact of directed choice on the design of preventive healthcare facility network under congestion pp. 459-474

Navneet Vidyarthi and Onur Kuzgunkaya

Public health capacity in the provision of health care services pp. 475-482

Vivian Valdmanis, Arianna DeNicola and Patrick Bernet

Volume 18, issue 3, 2015

The 39th international conference of the EURO working group on operational research applied to health services: ORAHS 2013 special issue pp. 219-221

Tuğba Çayırlı, Murat Günal, Evrim Güneş and Lerzan Örmeci

A robust estimation model for surgery durations with temporal, operational, and surgery team effects pp. 222-233

Enis Kayış, Taghi Khaniyev, Jaap Suermondt and Karl Sylvester

Optimal control of ICU patient discharge: from theory to implementation pp. 234-250

Fermín Mallor, Cristina Azcárate and Julio Barado

A bicriteria heuristic for an elective surgery scheduling problem pp. 251-266

Inês Marques, M. Captivo and Margarida Vaz Pato

Analysis of patient waiting time governed by a generic maximum waiting time policy with general phase-type approximations pp. 267-278

Fanwen Meng, Kiok Teow, Chee Ooi, Bee Heng and Seow Tay

A case study of cost-efficient staffing under annualized hours pp. 279-288

Egbert Veen, Erwin Hans, Bart Veltman, Leo Berrevoets and Hubert Berden

A stochastic optimization model for shift scheduling in emergency departments pp. 289-302

Omar EL-Rifai, Thierry Garaix, Vincent Augusto and Xiaolan Xie

Fuzzy bi-objective preventive health care network design pp. 303-317

Soheil Davari, Kemal Kilic and Gurdal Ertek

Effect of individual protective behaviors on influenza transmission: an agent-based model pp. 318-333

Elnaz Karimi, Ketra Schmitt and Ali Akgunduz

Optimizing an HIV testing program using a system dynamics model of the continuum of care pp. 334-362

Sarah Kok, Alexander Rutherford, Reka Gustafson, Rolando Barrios, Julio Montaner and Krisztina Vasarhelyi

Applying reinforcement learning techniques to detect hepatocellular carcinoma under limited screening capacity pp. 363-375

Elliot Lee, Mariel Lavieri, Michael Volk and Yongcai Xu

Can hospitals compete on quality? pp. 376-388

Somayeh Sadat, Hossein Abouee-Mehrizi and Michael Carter

Breast cancer therapy planning – a novel support concept for a sequential decision making problem pp. 389-405

Alexander Scherrer, Ilka Schwidde, Andreas Dinges, Patrick Rüdiger, Sherko Kümmel and Karl-Heinz Küfer

Volume 18, issue 2, 2015

The 7th IMA international conference on quantitative modelling in the management of health and social care: IMA health 2013 special issue pp. 107-109

Christos Vasilakis, Thierry Chaussalet and Martin Pitt

Online stochastic optimization of radiotherapy patient scheduling pp. 110-123

Antoine Legrain, Marie-Andrée Fortin, Nadia Lahrichi and Louis-Martin Rousseau

A network flow approach for tactical resource planning in outpatient clinics pp. 124-136

Thu Nguyen, Appa Sivakumar and Stephen Graves

Patient flow improvement for an ophthalmic specialist outpatient clinic with aid of discrete event simulation and design of experiment pp. 137-155

Chong Pan, Dali Zhang, Audrey Kon, Charity Wai and Woo Ang

Classifier calibration using splined empirical probabilities in clinical risk prediction pp. 156-165

René Gaudoin, Giovanni Montana, Simon Jones, Paul Aylin and Alex Bottle

Detecting and visualizing outliers in provider profiling via funnel plots and mixed effect models pp. 166-172

Francesca Ieva and Anna Paganoni

A structured review of long-term care demand modelling pp. 173-194

Philip Worrall and Thierry Chaussalet

Continuity of care in community midwifery pp. 195-204

John Bowers, Helen Cheyne, Gillian Mould and Miranda Page

Impact of combined vector-control and vaccination strategies on transmission dynamics of dengue fever: a model-based analysis pp. 205-217

Gerhart Knerer, Christine Currie and Sally Brailsford

Erratum to: Prioritization strategies for patient evacuations pp. 218-218

Ashley Childers, Maria Mayorga and Kevin Taaffe

Volume 18, issue 1, 2015

Foreward to special issue on health analytics pp. 1-2

Farrokh Alemi

An analytics approach to designing patient centered medical homes pp. 3-18

Saeede Ajorlou, Issac Shams and Kai Yang

A predictive analytics approach to reducing 30-day avoidable readmissions among patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, or COPD pp. 19-34

Issac Shams, Saeede Ajorlou and Kai Yang

Accept/decline decision module for the liver simulated allocation model pp. 35-57

Sang-Phil Kim, Diwakar Gupta, Ajay Israni and Bertram Kasiske

Ensemble of trees approaches to risk adjustment for evaluating a hospital’s performance pp. 58-66

Yang Liu, Mikhail Traskin, Scott Lorch, Edward George and Dylan Small

A cost sensitive inpatient bed reservation approach to reduce emergency department boarding times pp. 67-85

Shanshan Qiu, Ratna Chinnam, Alper Murat, Bassam Batarse, Hakimuddin Neemuchwala and Will Jordan

Using the landmark method for creating prediction models in large datasets derived from electronic health records pp. 86-92

Brian Wells, Kevin Chagin, Liang Li, Bo Hu, Changhong Yu and Michael Kattan

A machine learning approach to create blocking criteria for record linkage pp. 93-105

Phan Giang