Flexible bed allocation and performance in the intensive care unit

Abstract

Journal of Operations Management 18 (2000) 427-443. doi:10.1016/S0272-6963(00)00027-92016-03-04T18:47:27

Timely access to health care: Customer-focused resource allocation in a hospital network

“…Our approach is in contrast to current models focusing on a single hospital, as opposed to a network of hospitals (Beenhakker & Brooks, 1964;Blake & Carter, 2002;Goldman, Knappenberger, & Eller, 1968). The use of beds as a measure of hospital capacity is common practice in health care research (Chu & Chu, 2000;Horev, Pesis-Katz & Mukamel, 2004;Seung-Chul, Horowitz, Young, & Buckley, 2000). Two significant aspects of our method deserve mention.…”

Decision Model for Allocation of Intensive Care Unit Beds for Suspected COVID-19 Patients under Scarce Resources

“…The ICU allocation problem has been investigated in the literature for a long time, since the resources for critical care are limited and cost-intensive. It is not uncommon to experience a situation where the number of ICU beds available is less than the number required to attend to patients who require them: the availability of this scarce resource is highly impacted by stochastic patient demands and stochastic service times, in a way that makes managing such a resource a complex problem [ 16 , 17 ].…”

Healthcare decision support tool: multi-agent system for bed management

“…Another example of hospital area that has been the background for many studies is intensive care units (ICU) which is a critical area where the shortage of bed could result on bad consequences for patients. Seung-Chul et al (2000) explain that the lack of bed in ICU could be resolved by different types of planning in various situations to handle the demand of patient care. They also suggest that in order to improve bed management at ICU, patients that are no longer in need of emergency care, for instance after a successful operation, should be placed in another unit.…”