DocumentCode :
479679
Title :
Distributed resource allocation for healthcare systems
Author :
Weng, Shao-Jen ; Wu, Teresa ; Mackulak, Gerald ; Fowler, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
Volume :
1
fYear :
2008
fDate :
12-15 Oct. 2008
Firstpage :
1078
Lastpage :
1083
Abstract :
Healthcare costs in most developed economies have grown dramatically over the last few decades. It is widely believed that the inefficiency of healthcare institutions has contributed to this rise. In response to this belief, much scholarly attention has been devoted to allocating resources for efficient operation of healthcare institutions. Traditionally, centralized methods are applied to such problems. However, the inherent, decentralized nature of many hospitals for the same healthcare corporation drives the investigation on decentralized or distributed methods. This paper explores the application of a linear and a nonlinear pricing model for healthcare resource allocation in specific, staffing configurations. A simulation model for hospital emergency room (ER) is developed to collect the performance data. The data is then analyzed to construct linear programming (LP) model for each ER staffing configuration problem. Two pricing models are employed to find the equilibrium solutions between two ERs.
Keywords :
health care; linear programming; pricing; resource allocation; distributed resource allocation; healthcare systems; hospital emergency room; linear pricing; linear programming; nonlinear pricing; Cost function; Data analysis; Drives; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Industrial engineering; Linear programming; Medical services; Pricing; Resource management; healthcare; resource allocation; simulation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2008. IEEE/SOLI 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2012-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2013-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SOLI.2008.4686559
Filename :
4686559
Link To Document :
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