NDLI: Optimal Control of Patient Admissions to Satisfy Resource Restrictions

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Garg, L. McClean, S. Meenan, B. Millard, P.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Ulster Univ., Coleraine (Garg, L.; McClean, S.; Meenan, B.)
Abstract	An effective admission policy is an essential part of successful management of a patient care system. This admission policy should consider the future availability of resources, e.g. number of beds or budgets available. All possible pathways through the whole patient care system need to be identified to better understand the process dynamics of a care system. In the current paper we show how such patient pathways can be used to predict the care resource requirements in the future. The patient pathways, developed using Markov chain modelling, are used to design an appropriate admission policy to meet future resource availability for the care system. We demonstrate an application of control theory to manage current admission rates to meet future scarce budgetary resource availability. This model can also be used to estimate the effect of an admission policy. Geriatric Patients' data from a London hospital are used to illustrate the approach. An optimization technique is also presented to reduce the implementation complexity and time.
Starting Page	512
Ending Page	517
File Size	527733
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769531656
ISSN	10637125
DOI	10.1109/CBMS.2008.33
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-06-17
Publisher Place	Finland
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Optimal control Hospitals Resource management Availability Costs Geriatrics Medical services Knowledge management Control theory Financial management resource requirement forcasting optimal patients admissions control non-homogeneous Markov model patient pathway patient care system management healthcare modelling
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Computer Science Applications

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