Optimal scheduling using length-of-stay data for diverse routine procedures
Currie, Christine S.M. and Lu, Lanting (2009) Optimal scheduling using length-of-stay data for diverse routine procedures. In, McClean, Sally, Millard, Peter, El-Darzi, Elia and Nugent, C.D. (eds.) Intelligent Patient Management. Berlin, Springer, 193-205. (Studies in Computational Intelligence 189). (doi:10.1007/978-3-642-00179-6_12).
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The paper describes the use of length-of-stay data to derive an optimal schedule for operating theatres. We consider situations where there are a large number of types of procedures that must be scheduled. The general approach we describe is to classify procedures by their length-of-stay data. An efficient scheduling tool can then be used to determine the optimal schedule for operations, where the aim is to reduce variability in the number of beds being used. We describe the application
of the method using a case study coming from a network of private hospitals in the UK.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| ISBNs: | 3642001785 (hardback) 9783642001789 (hardback) |
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| Keywords: | statistics, scheduling, operating theatres, beds, length-ofstay |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Mathematics > Operational Research |
| Item ID: | 65699 |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2009 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:33 |
| Contributors: | Currie, Christine S.M. (Author) Lu, Lanting (Author) McClean, Sally (Editor) Millard, Peter (Editor) El-Darzi, Elia (Editor) Nugent, C.D. (Editor) |
| Date: | 4 March 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/65699 |
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