Outpatient appointment scheduling problems have recently gained increasing attention. This
paper provides a comprehensive review of recent analytical and numerical optimization …

With an ageing population and more efficient treatments, demand for cancer care is
increasing. Therefore, hospitals need to find ways to improve their operational efficiency for …

Abstract Background In China, a long waiting time for registration is a common occurrence in
many tertiary hospitals. This study aimed to analyze the effects of a comprehensive …

Tactical capacity planning is a key element of planning and control decisions in healthcare
settings, focusing on the medium-term allocation of a clinic's resources to appointments of …

Hospital systems are under constant pressure to provide quality care despite limited
resources. However, traditional capacity management in hospitals is often not effective …

In the face of an increasingly high-demand environment for outpatients, achieving a balance
between allocation of limited medical resources and patient satisfaction has considerable …

This paper proposes a new scheduling problem for patient visits with two objectives:
minimizing patient waiting time and travel time. It also presents a novel encoding method for …

In this paper, we study an integrated master surgery and outpatient clinic scheduling
problem, motivated by the situation at the Orthopaedic Department at St. Olav's Hospital …

Background and context: Resource planning is performed ahead of time within outpatient
clinics (OPC). Due to local control of operations (department-centric decision-making) and …

In this study, we develop a capacity planning model to determine the required number of
physicians for an outpatient system with patient reentry. First-visit (FV) patients are assumed …