Abstract

The managerial aspects to run a healthcare system are becoming increasingly important for patient safety. More than one patients are competing each other to be treated using limited medical resources in a healthcare system. The limited medical resources include surgeons, physicians, anesthesiologists, nurses, operating rooms, wards, etc. Therefore, patient safety is related to how to run a healthcare system with the limited resources.

Keywords

Elective Surgery Scheduling, Patient Health Condition, Sample Average Approximation, Tabu Search

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Industrial Engineering

First Advisor

Yuehwern Yih

Committee Member 1

Seokcheon Lee

Committee Member 2

Andrew Lu Liu

Committee Member 3

Masha Shunko

Date of Award

January 2016

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