Hospital decision and policy makers are tasked with developing innovative strategies to
provide patients with quality healthcare in an effective and efficient manner. Operations …

The emergency department (ED) is a primary health care unit and one of the main entrances
to the hospital system where appropriate, timely and good performance can save lives. Lack …

Understanding the structure of length of stay distributions can support operational and
clinical decision making in hospitals. Our objective is to develop robust methods for fitting …

A growing concern among healthcare planners is the ability to determine the capacity of
medical resources in various potential situations and prepare accordingly. In this study, we …

Prediction of patient flow, an essential element of any healthcare system, is challenging due
to uncertainties in patient volume. One such source of uncertainty is a propagated outbreak …

This paper studies whether or not the distribution of the length of hospital stay data follows
power-law probability. For hospitals differing in size and specialization, our evidence shows …

Postal service organisation is among the most important service organisations of any
country that providing the customers with proper services leads to their satisfaction. As the …

Resources are one of the critical elements that support the organization. Empowerment of
hospital resources is optimally able to improve the quality of hospital services more …

Improving the healthcare system is an important task that is always both socially and
individually beneficial, and statistics is one of the useful tools that have been applied in …