Operational Research for Emergency Planning in Healthcare: Volume 1

Chapter 1 A Synthesis of Operational Research for Emergency Planning in Healthcare through the Triple Lens of Technique-Domain-Context

Chapter 2 Locating Emergency Services with Different Priorities: The Priority Queuing Covering Location Problem

Chapter 3 Decision Support Tools for Ambulance Dispatch and Relocation

Chapter 4 A Study of Situationally Aware Routing for Emergency Responders

Chapter 5 Multi-Criteria Approach Using Simulation-Based Balanced Scorecard for Supporting Decisions in Health-care Facilities: An Emergency Department Case Study

Chapter 6 Combining Data Mining and Discrete Event Simulation for a Value-Added View of a Hospital Emergency Department

Chapter 7 Uncovering Effective Process Improvement Strategies in an Emergency Department Using Discrete Event Simulation

Chapter 8 Improving the Design and Operation of an Integrated Emergency Post via Simulation

Chapter 9 A Simulation Case Study to Improve Staffing Decisions at Mass Immunization Clinics for Pandemic Influenza

Chapter 10 Modelling Treatment Effects in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Chapter 11 Impact of the Influenza Season on a Hospital from a Pharmaceutical Inventory Management Perspective

Chapter 12 Perishable Inventory Management System with a Minimum Volume Constraint

Chapter 13 A Bayesian Decision Model with Hurricane Forecast Updates for Emergency Supplies Inventory Management

Chapter 14 Using Simulation to Improve the Blood Supply Chain