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Erhard, Melanie, Schoenfelder, Jan ORCID: 0000-0002-8793-955X, Fügener, Andreas ORCID: 0000-0002-4580-7444 and Brunner, Jens O. ORCID: 0000-0002-2700-4795 (2018). State of the art in physician scheduling. European journal of operational research EJOR, 265 (1). 1 - 19. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. ISSN 0377-2217

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Abstract

Over the last decades, hospitals have faced increasing financial pressure due to rising costs and changes in reimbursement policies. One of the reasons for this development is the rising number of qualified personnel required to handle the consistently growing demand for hospital services. In the U.S., on average more than 50% of hospital costs are workforce related. In order to reduce these expenses without sacrificing quality of care, a stream of research has focused on building more efficient personnel schedules for nurses and physicians. We provide the first review that focuses on quantitative methods for physician scheduling in hospitals. We describe the relevant characteristics of various investigated physician scheduling problems, such as the problem type, i.e. Staffing, Rostering or Re-planning problems, personnel qualification and experience, and the utilized shift types. Furthermore, we analyze the existing literature with respect to additional modeling features including fairness aspects and underlying demand patterns, as well as employed solution approaches and real life applications. In total, we review 68 relevant publications in the OR/MS field. We use our presented framework to categorize the existing approaches and highlight gaps in the literature to initiate future research activities. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Erhard, Melanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schoenfelder, Jan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8793-955X UNSPECIFIED Fügener, Andreas UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4580-7444 UNSPECIFIED Brunner, Jens O. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2700-4795 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-195890
DOI:	10.1016/j.ejor.2017.06.037
Journal or Publication Title:	European journal of operational research EJOR
Volume:	265
Number:	1
Page Range:	1 - 19
Date:	2018
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	0377-2217
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Supply Chain Management > Professur für Digital Supply Chain Managment
Subjects:	Management and auxiliary services
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EMERGENCY-DEPARTMENT; MEDICAL RESIDENTS; OPTIMIZATION MODEL; PROGRAMMING-MODEL; CARE; NURSE; MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA; EXPERIENCE; OPERATIONS Multiple languages Management; Operations Research & Management Science Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/19589