Date of Award

January 2016

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

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.

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