Abstract Analysis of hospital processes is essential for development of improved methods,
policies and decision tools for overall performance improvement of the hospital system …

This paper reviews the contributions and applications of queueing theory in the field of
health care management problems. This review proposes a system of classification of health …

Hospitals are complex systems with essential societal benefits and huge mounting costs.
These costs are exacerbated by inefficiencies in hospital processes, which are often …

Scarce healthcare resources require carefully made policies ensuring optimal bed
allocation, quality healthcare service, and adequate financial support. This paper proposes …

This paper presents a mathematical model that provides a real-time forecast of the number
of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ward and the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital …

Background Recent scientific achievements and technological advances have brought
forward a massive display of new or updated medical devices, enabled with highly …

Excessive waiting time in Emergency Departments (ED) can be both a cause of frustration
and more importantly, a health concern for patients. Waiting time arises when the demand …

The interface between an emergency department and internal wards is often a hospital's
bottleneck. Motivated by this interaction in an anonymous hospital, we analyze queueing …

The problem addressed in this paper is how to calculate the amount of personnel required to
ensure the activity of a home health care (HHC) centre on a tactical horizon. Design of …

Variability in admissions and lengths of stay inherently leads to variability in bed occupancy.
The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of these sources of variability on the required …