Quantitative Approaches in Health Care Management

Health care policy makers are facing the problem of limited expenditures and growing demand. Thus, quantitative approaches can help solve this urging issue. For this reason, the EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS) was formed in 1975. The objectives of the group are communication of ideas, knowledge and experience concerning the application of Operational Research approaches and methods to problems in the health services area, mutual assistance among members, co-operation on joint projects, inspiration with regard to approaches and attitudes in this field. The 27th meeting of this group was hosted by the University of Vienna, Austria, 2001. This book covers a selection of 18 papers presented at this conference.

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The Editors: Marion Rauner received an MBA in Business Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Social and Economic Sciences from the University of Vienna, Austria, and a MBA in Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. She is presently Assistant Professor, Department of Innovation and Technology Management, University of Vienna, Austria. Her research interests include international health care systems, disease policy modelling, operations research in public health as well as evaluation and management of healthcare technologies. She was awarded the Young, Talented Scientists Award of the Vienna City Government in 2000 and the Pharmig Price for Health Economics in 2002. Kurt Heidenberger received the M.A. in Mathematics, the Ph.D. in Economics and Social Science and the Habilitation in Business Administration from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. He is presently Professor and Chair, Department of Innovation and Technology Management, University of Vienna, Austria. His research interests include applications of management science and decision support systems to issues of strategic management, innovation/technology management, and health policy. He has served as Chair for the Health Applications Working Group of the German Society of Operations Research from 1983 to 1994.

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Contents: Jan M.H. Vissers: The Nature and Content of Health Operational Research - Penelope M. Mullen: Should Priorities be Quantified? - David Clayden/Adrian Bonner: Establishing and Monitoring Outcomes in Social Care - Marten Lagergren: The Swedish National Study on Ageing and Care (SNAC) - Tom Bowen: Developing Preventive Services for Older People - Jan M.H. Vissers: A Comparison of Alternative Service Policies for Hospital Admission Planning - Martin Utley/Steve Gallivan/Katie Davis: Analytical Methods to Assist Hospital Planning - Steve Gallivan: Monitoring Adverse Events in Surgery - Lucas Delesie: Performance Evaluation of Medical Departments. A Discussion Based Upon a Case Study and Illustrated by a Data Envelopment Analysis - Maria M. Hofmarcher/Iain Paterson/Monika Riedel: Are there Productivity Changes in Austrian Hospital Wards? A Malmquist Approach - Martin Dlouhy/Vaclava Pankova: Hospital Performance and Trends - Sigrun Schwarz: Complex Decision Making in Hospitals: a Simulation Study for Logistic Processes - Jan A.M. Schreuder: A Decision Support System for Assigning of Personnel to Teams in Health Services - Mario J. Ferreira de Oliveira/Lupe N.P. Toscano: Emergency Information Support System for Brazilian Public Hospitals - Vanda De Angelis/Giovanni Felici/Paolo Impelluso: Simulation Based Decision Support System for the Optimal Planning of a Transfusion Centre - Mehmood G. Sayyad/Arjan K. Shahani/Paul R. Harper/Valter de Senna/ K.M. Shelgikar/C.S. Yajnik: A System Modelling Approach for the Care of Diabetic Retinopathy in India - Valter de Senna/Arjan K. Shahani/Paul R. Harper/Simon K. Jones: Doubling Time Differences Between Breast Cancers Detected Through Screening and Self-detected Cancers - Ruth Davies: Obtaining Comparable Outcome Measures from Simulation Models of Disease Prevention and Treatment.