Integral resource capacity planning for inpatient care services based on bed census predictions by hour
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UT HO R CO PY Integral resource capacity planning for inpatient care services based on bed census predictions by hour Nikky Kortbeek*, Aleida Braaksma, Ferry HF Smeenk, Piet JM Bakker and Richard J Boucherie Center for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research (CHOIR), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands; Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Stochastic Operations Research, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Integral resource capacity planning for inpatient care services based on hourly bed census predictions
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JORS
دوره 66 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015