Operations Research and Health Care A Handbook of Methods and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brandeau, Margaret L. (Editor), Sainfort, François (Editor), Pierskalla, William P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2004.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 70
• Subjects: Medicine.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; General practice (Medicine).; Public health.; Public finance.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Operations Management.; Public Economics.; Public Health.

In both rich and poor nations, public resources for health care are inadequate to meet demand. Policy makers and health care providers must determine how to provide the most effective health care to citizens using the limited resources that are available. This chapter describes current and future ch...