Operations Research Applications in Health Care Management

Description

This book offers a comprehensive reference guide to operations research theory and applications in health care systems. It provides readers with all the necessary tools for solving health care problems. The respective chapters, written by prominent researchers, explain a wealth of both basic and advanced concepts of operations research for the management of operating rooms, intensive care units, supply chain, emergency medical service, human resources, lean health care, and procurement. To foster a better understanding, the chapters include relevant examples or case studies. Taken together, they form an excellent reference guide for researchers, lecturers and postgraduate students pursuing research on health care management problems. The book presents a dynamic snapshot on the field that is expected to stimulate new directions and stimulate new ideas and developments. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 A Taxonomy of Operations Research Studies in Healthcare Management (Serhat Tüzün, Y. Ilker Topcu)....Pages 3-21 A Comprehensive Survey on Healthcare Management (Sezi Cevik Onar, Basar Oztaysi, Cengiz Kahraman)....Pages 23-51 Front Matter ....Pages 53-53 The Real Time Management of Operating Rooms (Davide Duma, Roberto Aringhieri)....Pages 55-79 Mixed Fuzzy Clustering for Deriving Predictive Models in Intensive Care Units (Cátia M. Salgado, Susana M. Vieira, João M. C. Sousa)....Pages 81-99 Operations Research for Occupancy Modeling at Hospital Wards and Its Integration into Practice (N. M. van de Vrugt, A. J. Schneider, M. E. Zonderland, D. A. Stanford, R. J. Boucherie)....Pages 101-137 Front Matter ....Pages 139-139 Evaluating Healthcare System Efficiency of OECD Countries: A DEA-Based Study (Zehra Önen, Serpil Sayın)....Pages 141-158 Healthcare Expenditure Prediction in Turkey by Using Genetic Algorithm Based Grey Forecasting Models (Tuncay Özcan, Fatih Tüysüz)....Pages 159-190 The Impact of Social Networks in Developing and Managing Chronic Care Models (Marina Resta, Elisabetta Arato)....Pages 191-208 Front Matter ....Pages 209-209 Design and Planning of Organ Transplantation Networks (Sahar Ahmadvand, Mir Saman Pishvaee)....Pages 211-240 Blood Supply Chain Management and Future Research Opportunities (Ali Ekici, Okan Örsan Özener, Elvin Çoban)....Pages 241-266 Vaccine Supply Management (Nafiseh Shamsi G., S. Ali Torabi)....Pages 267-294 Front Matter ....Pages 295-295 OR Applications in Disease Screening (Evrim Didem Güneş, E. Lerzan Örmeci)....Pages 297-325 Classification of Cancer Data: Analyzing Gene Expression Data Using a Fuzzy Decision Tree Algorithm (Simone A. Ludwig, Stjepan Picek, Domagoj Jakobovic)....Pages 327-347 Front Matter ....Pages 349-349 Efficiency of Diabetes Treatment (Peter Wanke, Emel Aktas)....Pages 351-377 A Multiobjective Solution Method for Radiation Treatment Planning (Gokhan Kirlik, Serpil Sayın, Hao Howard Zhang)....Pages 379-392 Front Matter ....Pages 393-393 OR Models for Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Management (S. M. Gholami-Zanjani, M. S. Pishvaee, S. Ali Torabi)....Pages 395-421 Health Informatics (I. Burak Parlak, A. Cağrı Tolga)....Pages 423-460 OR Applications in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management (Abbas Ahmadi, Mohammad Mousazadeh, S. Ali Torabi, Mir Saman Pishvaee)....Pages 461-491 A Categorical DEA Framework for Evaluating Medical Tourism Efficiency of “Top Destinations” (Melis Almula Karadayi, Mine Isik)....Pages 493-511 Front Matter ....Pages 513-513 Healthcare Human Resource Planning (John Pastor Ansah, Victoria Koh, Steffen Bayer, Paul Harper, David Matchar)....Pages 515-541 Lean Healthcare (S. Ali Torabi, Shirin Haddad Pour, Nafiseh Shamsi G.)....Pages 543-568 Procurement Management in Healthcare Systems (Abbas Ahmadi, Mir Saman Pishvaee, S. Ali Torabi)....Pages 569-598 Back Matter ....Pages 599-604