Applications of Operations Research to Health Care Delivery Systems: A Complete Review of Periodical Literature (Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, 10)

Front Matter....Pages i-v Introduction....Pages 1-4 Health States Indexes....Pages 4-10 Health Planning and Program Evaluation....Pages 10-17 Epidemic Control....Pages 18-21 Forecasting demand....Pages 21-25 Facility Location....Pages 25-29 Ambulance Requirements and Deployment....Pages 29-33 Hospital Occupancy — Bed Complement....Pages 33-40 Hospital Occupancy — Elective Admissions....Pages 40-44 Special Facilities — Size and Scheduling....Pages 45-51 Staffing of Health Personnel....Pages 51-58 Utilization of Auxiliary Health Professionals....Pages 58-63 Appointment Systems....Pages 63-67 Hospital Inventories....Pages 67-68 Blood Banking....Pages 68-72 Medical Management....Pages 73-80 Miscellenaneous....Pages 80-82 Summary and Conclusion....Pages 83-84 Back Matter....Pages 85-107 L-';icoI:.io:::.; 0: (1llL~·aL'. On~; n:~\.!iI:-c:: te"hniC), '