Modeling hospital infrastructure by optimizing quality, accessibility and efficiency via a mixed integer programming model.

Background: The majority of curative health care is organized in hospitals. As in most other countries, the current 94 hospital locations in the Netherlands offer almost all treatments, ranging from rather basic to very complex care. Recent studies show that concentration of care can lead to substan...

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Published in:BMC Health Services Research Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 220 - 221
Main Authors: Ikkersheim, David, Tanke, Marit, van Schooten, Gwendy, de Bresser, Niels, Fleuren, Hein
Format: research Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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