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Operations Research and Health Care Policy

Part of the International Series in Operations Research & Management Science Book Series (volume 190)

Editors: Zaric, Gregory S.

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6507-2

ISBN: 978-1-4614-6506-5

Publisher: Springer New York - Springer Journals

Mar 4, 2013

1 - 10 of 18 Chapters

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Public Health Modeling at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Lasry, Arielle; Washington, Michael L.; Smalley, Hannah K.; Engineer, Faramroze; Keskinocak, Pinar; Pickering, Larry

Pages: 3 –16

[At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is a growing interest in promoting the use of mathematical modeling to support public health policies. This chapter presents three examples of operations research models developed and employed by the Centers for Disease Control and...
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OR in Public Health: A Little Help Can Go a Long Way

Brandeau, Margaret L.

Pages: 17 –36

[When deciding which programs to invest in, public health decision makers face a number of challenges including limited resources, competing objectives (e.g., maximize health, achieve equity), and limited information about uncertain events. Despite these difficulties, public health planners must...
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Analytical Long-Term Care Capacity Planning

Zhang, Yue; Puterman, Martin L.

Pages: 39 –70

[This chapter discusses the use of analytical approaches for residential long-term care (LTC) capacity planning. The recommended method integrates demographic and survival analysis, discrete event simulation, and optimization. Through a case study based in British Columbia, Canada, it illustrates...
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Managing Community-based Care for Chronic Diseases: The Quantitative Approach

Kucukyazici, Beste; Verter, Vedat

Pages: 71 –90

[Community-based care (C-bC) constitutes an important element of the chronic disease management programs. The design and management of C-bC systems requires the development of new resources and services, the assessment and reorganization of the existing services/facilities as well as the design...
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Project Management Approach to Implement Clinical Pathways: An Example for Thyroidectomy

Ozcan, Yasar A.; Tànfani, Elena; Testi, Angela

Pages: 91 –104

[Clinical pathway is a concept that from a managerial point of view promotes variance reduction in the delivery of health care and, therefore, is able to reduce costs. To achieve this, health care providers must improve efficiency in the use of resources while completing delivery of care in time...
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EMS Planning and Management

Ingolfsson, Armann

Pages: 105 –128

[In this chapter I survey research on planning and management for emergency medical services, emphasizing four topics: forecasting demand, response times, and workload; measuring performance; choosing station locations; and allocating ambulances to stations, based on predictable and unpredictable...
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Impact of Inpatient Reimbursement Systems on Hospital Performance: The Austrian Case-Based Payment Strategy

Rauner, Marion S.; Schaffhauser-Linzatti, Michaela M.

Pages: 129 –153

[Due to cost-intensive technological advances in high-end medicine and increased life expectancy accompanied by a rising number of multi-morbid elderly people, the health care sector consumes a large part of the gross national product of Austria. As the hospital sector is the main contributor to...
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Assessing Prevention for Positives: Cost-Utility Assessment of Behavioral Interventions for Reducing HIV Transmission

Soorapanth, Sada; Chick, Stephen E.

Pages: 157 –178

[Typical studies of HIV behavioral interventions measure relative risk reduction for HIV transmission. Here, we also consider the health benefits of such interventions on secondary transmission. In addition, a sensitivity analysis explores the potential additional benefits that may accrue if...
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Modeling the Impact of New HIV Prevention Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stover, John; Pretorius, Carel; Andersson, Kyeen

Pages: 179 –199

[Research has shown that several new technologies can be effective in reducing the transmission of HIV infection. Male circumcision was shown to reduce susceptibility to new infection by about 60% in trials in 2005 and 2007. In 2009, a large scale trial of an HIV vaccine showed some protective...
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REACH: A Practical HIV Resource Allocation Tool for Decision Makers

Alistar, Sabina S.; Brandeau, Margaret L.; Beck, Eduard J.

Pages: 201 –223

[With more than 34 million people currently living with HIV and 1.8 million dying from HIV annually, there is a great need for continued HIV control efforts. However, funds for HIV prevention and treatment continue to fall short of estimated need and are further jeopardized by the current global...

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