A stochastic model for scheduling programs to maximize outcome [of hospital profits]

Author

Shieh, Yao-Yang ; Roberson, Glenn H. ; Chan, Wenyaw ; Chen, Dung-Tsa

Author_Institution

Texas Tech. Univ. Health Sci. Center, Lubbock, TX, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

12-14 Jun 1998

Firstpage

113

Lastpage

116

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship of hospital profits from CT scanning and its schedule administration for scheduled patients. A stochastic model is constructed to describe the dynamics of patient arrival and the scanner´s service. Hospital profits are calculated from the service charges, subtracting the possible loss due to withdrawal of discouraged patients. Hospital expenses for hardware and personnel are fixed, and hence are not taken into consideration

Keywords

computerised tomography; digital simulation; financial data processing; medical administrative data processing; optimisation; scheduling; stochastic processes; CT scanning; computerized tomography; discouraged patient withdrawal; financial loss; hospital expenses; hospital profit outcome maximization; patient arrival dynamics; patient dissatisfaction; schedule administration; scheduled patients; scheduling programs; service charges; stochastic model; Computed tomography; Costs; Financial management; Hardware; Hospitals; Personnel; Processor scheduling; Public healthcare; Random variables; Stochastic processes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1998. Proceedings. 11th IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Lubbock, TX

ISSN

1063-7125

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8564-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMS.1998.701295

Filename

701295