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Operations Research and Health Care

A Handbook of Methods and Applications

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Margaret L. Brandeau

    1. Stanford University, USA

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  2. François Sainfort

    1. Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

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  3. William P. Pierskalla

    1. University of California at Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (ISOR, volume 70)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Health Care Delivery: Current Problems and Future Challenges

      • Margaret L. Brandeau, François Sainfort, William P. Pierskalla
      Pages 1-14

  3. Health Care Operations Management

    1. Capacity Planning and Management in Hospitals

      • Linda V. Green
      Pages 15-41

    2. Location of Health Care Facilities

      • Mark S. Daskin, Latoya K. Dean
      Pages 43-76

    3. Ambulance Service Planning: Simulation and Data Visualisation

      • Shane G. Henderson, Andrew J. Mason
      Pages 77-102

    4. Supply Chain Management of Blood Banks

      • William P. Pierskalla
      Pages 103-145

    5. Evaluating the Efficiency of Hospitals’ Perioperative Services Using Dea

      • Liam O’Neill, Franklin Dexter
      Pages 147-168

    6. Benchmarking Using DEA: The Case of Mental Health Organizations

      • Yasar A. Ozcan, Elizabeth Merwin, Kwangsoo Lee, Joseph P. Morrissey
      Pages 169-189

    7. Using Simulation in an Acute-care Hospital: Easier Said Than Done

      • Michael W. Carter, John T. Blake
      Pages 191-215

  4. Public Policy and Economic Analysis

    1. Estimating Risks to the Public Health

      • Rose Baker
      Pages 217-254

    2. Modeling Health Outcomes for Economic Analysis

      • Thitima Kongnakorn, François Sainfort
      Pages 255-274

    3. Duct Tape for Decision Makers: The Use of or Models in Pharmacoeconomics

      • Anke Richter
      Pages 275-296

    4. Drug Policy: Insights from Mathematical Analysis

      • Jonathan P. Caulkins
      Pages 297-331

    5. Modeling The Costs and Effects of Maintenance Treatment for Opiate Addiction

      • Gregory S. Zaric
      Pages 333-361

    6. Harm Reduction in The Control of Infectious Diseases Among Injection Drug Users

      • Harold Pollack
      Pages 363-401

    7. The Cost Effectiveness of Partially Effective HIV Vaccines

      • Douglas K. Owens, Donna M. Edwards, John F. Cavallaro, Ross D. Shachter
      Pages 403-418

    8. Designing Pediatric Formularies for Childhood Immunization Using Integer Programming Models

      • Sheldon H. Jacobson, Edward C. Sewell
      Pages 419-441

    9. Allocating Resources to Control Infectious Diseases

      • Margaret L. Brandeau
      Pages 443-464

    10. Microbial Risk Assessment for Drinking Water

      • Stephen E. Chick, Sada Soorapanth, James S. Koopman
      Pages 465-491

    11. Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy

      • Ruth Davies, Sally C. Brailsford
      Pages 493-518
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About this book

In both rich and poor nations, public resources for health care are inadequate to meet demand. Policy makers and health care providers must determine how to provide the most effective health care to citizens using the limited resources that are available. This chapter describes current and future challenges in the delivery of health care, and outlines the role that operations research (OR) models can play in helping to solve those problems. The chapter concludes with an overview of this book – its intended audience, the areas covered, and a description of the subsequent chapters. KEY WORDS Health care delivery, Health care planning HEALTH CARE DELIVERY: PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES 3 1.1 WORLDWIDE HEALTH: THE PAST 50 YEARS Human health has improved significantly in the last 50 years. In 1950, global life expectancy was 46 years [1]. That figure rose to 61 years by 1980 and to 67 years by 1998 [2]. Much of these gains occurred in low- and middle-income countries, and were due in large part to improved nutrition and sanitation, medical innovations, and improvements in public health infrastructure.

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"The three editors … aim this book at a broad audience that includes OR practitioners and researchers with interests in healthcare, as well as healthcare practitioners. The editors set out in this book to provide a comprehensive reference on the applicability of operations research techniques, tools and theories to a wide range of issues and problems in healthcare. … it is worthwhile to have a copy in the library as a useful reference to the many ways that OR could be applied in healthcare." (T Burgess, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 57, 2006)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stanford University, USA

    Margaret L. Brandeau

  • Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

    François Sainfort

  • University of California at Los Angeles, USA

    William P. Pierskalla

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