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

Scheduling of surgeries in the operating rooms under limited competing resources such as surgical and nursing staff, anesthesiologist, medical equipment, and recovery beds in surgical wards is a complicated process. A well-designed schedule should be concerned with the welfare of the entire system b...

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Published in:	Health Care Management Science Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 33 - 55
Main Authors:	Li, Xiangyong, Rafaliya, N., Baki, M., Chaouch, Ben, Baki, M Fazle, Chaouch, Ben A
Format:	equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Springer Nature Mar2017
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost