Dynamic capacity allocation in a radiology service considering different types of patients, individual no-show probabilities, and overbooking

Dynamic capacity allocation in a radiology service considering different types of patients, individual no-show probabilities, and overbooking

Abstract Background We propose a mathematical model formulated as a finite-horizon Markov Decision Process (MDP) to allocate capacity in a radiology department that serves different types of patients. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt at considering radiology resources with dif...

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Main Authors: Rodolfo Benedito Zattar da Silva, Flávio Sanson Fogliatto, André Krindges, Moiseis dos Santos Cecconello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Capacity allocation
Radiology services
Markov decision processes
No-show
Overbooking
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06918-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06918-y

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