Optimisation problems in Healthcare have received considerable attention for more than
three decades. More recently, however, with decreasing birth rates in nearly all of the …

In this survey we review quantitative health care models to illustrate the extent to which they
encompass multiple hospital departments. The paper provides general overviews of the …

We consider an ambulatory care unit (ACU) in a large cancer centre, where operational and
resource utilization challenges led to overcrowding, excessive delays, and concerns …

Health care is one of the largest industries in the developed world and the top domestic
industry in the United States (US). Over the past thirty years there has been a dramatic …

High surgical bed occupancy levels often result in heightened staff stress, frequent surgical
cancellations, and long surgical wait times. This congestion is in part attributable to surgical …

Starting from the last decade of the twentieth century, most hospital Emergency Department
(ED) budgets did not keep up with the demand for ED services made by growing …

We propose a multi-stage stochastic methodology to balance inpatient bed unit utilisations
in an entire hospital. It minimises blocking of beds from upstream units, within given …

Inappropriate administration of radiation for cancer treatment can result in severe
consequences such as premature death or appreciably impaired quality of life. There has …

As a consequence of a growing demand for chemotherapy, it has become increasingly
important for cancer care providers to make informed process configuration, capacity …

Discrete event simulation is widely used to model healthcare systems with a view to their
improvement. Most applications focus on discrete aspects of healthcare, such as accident …