Modelling Themes

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Modelling Themes

• Resource and capacity management
• Prevention, early detection and treatment of
  diseases

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Health Service Planning

• Bed capacities, operating room scheduling,
  critical care, workforce planning, emergency
  demand forecasting, outpatient clinic scheduling
  ....

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Facility Location Models

• Geographical location of healthcare services
  (efficiency/equity)
• Ambulance deployment and response times

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Modelling Disease Transmission and Prevention
Programmes
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OR Modelling for Healthcare

• Benefits of modelling include
• Increased understanding of complex processes
  (care-pathways, disease progression)
• Tease out areas for efficiency improvement
  (service delivery)
• Evaluation of prevention/promotion programmes
• Both operational and strategic/tactical
  perspectives (individual patient vs population
  flows)
• Scenario capability (what if?)
• Informed (quantified) decision making