The effect of cancelled appointments on outpatient clinic operations

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2020.01.050MaRDI QIDQ2178113zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shannon L. Harris, Jerrold H. May, Luis Vargas, Krista M. Foster

Publication date 7 May 2020

Published in European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.01.050

zbMATH Keywords

OR in health servicesappointment schedulinganalyticsappointment cancellationsappointment no-shows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35)

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