Reduction of a hospital network as a multiple criteria optimisation problem

dc.contributor.authorJánošíková, Ľudmila
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-13T06:59:14Z
dc.date.available2016-01-13T06:59:14Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstract-translatedThe paper describes the design of a hospital network using mathematical programming appro- ach. The problem is formulated as a multiple-criteria location problem. The criteria reflect patients’ demand for high-quality and accessible health care. It means that the network should include: (1) high-quality and (2) complex hospitals with a broad range of emergency departments, (3) ensuring good transportation accessibility for most people, and at the same time (4) equitable distributed across the region. The economic criterion emanating from a limited budget is implemented as a constraint on the number of open hospitals. Given a complete network of hospitals and the de- sired number of hospitals, the model decides (according to the multiple criteria) which hospitals should be closed down. At the same time, it determines the allocation of municipalities to the open hospitals, defining the attraction zone of each hospital. Changing the weights of the objectives, a set of the alternative solutions (hospital networks) may be generated and evaluated. Thus the mo- del can be used as a managerial tool in the process of reducing the hospital network with the aim of increasing the efficiency of the provided medical care. In the case study we have implemented the model in the Slovak Republic conditions. We present two analyses aimed at (1) the impact of reducing the hospital network on the accessibility, and (2) comparison of the mathematical soluti- ons with the current networks of hospitals which have contracts with two biggest health insurance companies.en
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dc.identifier.citationE+M. Ekonomie a Management = Economics and Management. 2009, č. 3, s. 50-57.cs
dc.identifier.issn1212-3609 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn2336-5604 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ekonomie-management.cz/download/1331826723_fcca/04_janosikova.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11025/17296
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTechnická univerzita v Libercics
dc.relation.ispartofseriesE+M. Ekonomie a Management = Economics and Managementcs
dc.rights© Technická univerzita v Libercics
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 4.0cs
dc.rights.accessopenAccessen
dc.subjectoptimalizační technikycs
dc.subjectprogramovací modelycs
dc.subjectanalýza zdravotnických trhůcs
dc.subject.translatedoptimization techniquesen
dc.subject.translatedprogramming modelsen
dc.subject.translatedanalysis of health care marketsen
dc.titleReduction of a hospital network as a multiple criteria optimisation problemen
dc.typečlánekcs
dc.typearticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen

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