Reallocating resources to focused factories: a case study in chemotherapy

Peter T. Vanberkel; Richard J. Boucherie; Erwin W. Hans; Johann L. Hurink; Nelly Litvak; Wineke A.M. van Lent; Willem H. van Harten; Wim H. van Harten

Reallocating resources to focused factories: a case study in chemotherapy

Peter T. Vanberkel, Richard J. Boucherie, Erwin W. Hans, Johann L. Hurink, Nelly Litvak, Wineke A.M. van Lent, Willem H. van Harten, Wim H. van Harten

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This study investigates the expected service performance associated with a proposal to reallocate resources from a centralized chemotherapy department to a breast cancer focused factory. Using a slotted queueing model we show that a decrease in performance is expected and calculate the amount of additional resources required to offset these losses. The model relies solely on typical outpatient scheduling system data, making the methodology easy to replicate in other outpatient clinic settings. Finally, the paper highlights important factors to consider when assigning capacity to focused factories. These considerations are generally relevant to other resource allocation decisions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 34th Meeting of the European Group on Operations Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS)
Editors	J. Blake, M. Carter
Place of Publication	Toronto
Publisher	EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services, ORAHS
Pages	152-164
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	978-0-9866179-0-4
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	34th Annual ORAH Conference, Toronto Canada: Proceedings of the European Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services - Toronto Duration: 28 Jul 2008 → 8 Aug 2008

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Conference	34th Annual ORAH Conference, Toronto Canada
City	Toronto
Period	28/07/08 → 8/08/08

Keywords

Focused factory
Chemotherapy
MSC-65C99
Resource allocation
Slotted queueing model
MSC-60K25
Capacity planning

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Vanberkel, P. T., Boucherie, R. J., Hans, E. W., Hurink, J. L., Litvak, N., van Lent, W. A. M., van Harten, W. H., & van Harten, W. H. (2010). Reallocating resources to focused factories: a case study in chemotherapy. In J. Blake, & M. Carter (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Meeting of the European Group on Operations Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS) (pp. 152-164). EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services, ORAHS.

Vanberkel, Peter T. ; Boucherie, Richard J. ; Hans, Erwin W. et al. / Reallocating resources to focused factories: a case study in chemotherapy. Proceedings of the 34th Meeting of the European Group on Operations Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS). editor / J. Blake ; M. Carter. Toronto : EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services, ORAHS, 2010. pp. 152-164

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Vanberkel, PT, Boucherie, RJ , Hans, EW , Hurink, JL, Litvak, N, van Lent, WAM, van Harten, WH & van Harten, WH 2010, Reallocating resources to focused factories: a case study in chemotherapy. in J Blake & M Carter (eds), Proceedings of the 34th Meeting of the European Group on Operations Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS). EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services, ORAHS, Toronto, pp. 152-164, 34th Annual ORAH Conference, Toronto Canada, Toronto, 28/07/08.

Reallocating resources to focused factories: a case study in chemotherapy. / Vanberkel, Peter T.; Boucherie, Richard J.; Hans, Erwin W. et al.
Proceedings of the 34th Meeting of the European Group on Operations Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS). ed. / J. Blake; M. Carter. Toronto: EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services, ORAHS, 2010. p. 152-164.

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