An Application of Multi-Attribute Value Theory to Patient-Bed Assignment in Hospital Admission Management: an Empirical Study
Hospital beds are considered economically scarce and hospitalists strive to balance between utilizing beds more efficiently and complying with preference of physicians and patients when pairing patients to beds. This research is to develop preference-based decision rules for patient-bed assignment i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Healthcare Engineering |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.5.4.439 |