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Book Synopsis Resource Allocation to Improve Equity in Service Operations by : Muer Yang
Download or read book Resource Allocation to Improve Equity in Service Operations written by Muer Yang and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing equal access to public service resources is a fundamental goal of democratic societies. Growing research interest in public services (e.g., healthcare, humanitarian relief, elections) has increased the importance of considering objective functions related to equity. This research studies discrete-resource allocation problems where the decision maker is concerned with maintaining equity between some dened subgroups of a customer population. In particular, we apply resource-allocation models to improve equity in two specic applications: voting systems and health care. We employ simulation-optimization techniques and Markov-decision-process models to develop rigorous algorithms to allocate resources equitably among these subgroups. The presented solutions are associated with bounds on solution quality, some of which are guaranteed to be optimal. Various numerical tests demonstrate that our algorithms outperform competing heuristics and are robust over various inequity metrics. We apply our algorithms to real case studies using empirical data for a voting-machine-allocation problem in Franklin County, Ohio, and to develop an admission-control policy for a cardiac intensive care unit at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
Book Synopsis Community-Based Operations Research by : Michael P. Johnson
Download or read book Community-Based Operations Research written by Michael P. Johnson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-18 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume is an introduction to diverse methods and applications in operations research focused on local populations and community-based organizations that have the potential to improve the lives of individuals and communities in tangible ways. The book's themes include: space, place and community; disadvantaged, underrepresented or underserved populations; international and transnational applications; multimethod, cross-disciplinary and comparative approaches and appropriate technology; and analytics. The book is comprised of eleven original submissions, a re-print of a 2007 article by Johnson and Smilowitz that introduces CBOR, and an introductory chapter that provides policy motivation, antecedents to CBOR in OR/MS, a theory of CBOR and a comprehensive review of the chapters. It is hoped that this book will provide a resource to academics and practitioners who seek to develop methods and applications that bridge the divide between traditional OR/MS rooted in mathematical models and newer streams in 'soft OR' that emphasize problem structuring methods, critical approaches to OR/MS and community engagement and capacity-building.
Book Synopsis Operations Research Models Applied for Allocation of Public Resources Under the Efficiency-effectiveness-equity (3E) Perspective by : Melissa Pizarro Aguilar
Download or read book Operations Research Models Applied for Allocation of Public Resources Under the Efficiency-effectiveness-equity (3E) Perspective written by Melissa Pizarro Aguilar and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The main difference among operation research models for the private sector and the public sector is the inclusion of the equity criteria. In this sense, one of the objectives of this project was identifying proposed models to solve allocation problems in the public sector, under the efficiency, effectiveness and equity (3E) principles as the providers of public services need to guarantee non-discriminatory access to the services to all of the population, and at the same time make the best use of the limited resources. We identified various models that include the equity perspective, but we focused on the data envelopment analysis (DEA) resources allocation model developed by Goaz Golany and Eran Tamir, as it integrates the 3E. This integration is important as the tradeoffs among certain decisions at each dimension could affect the performance in other dimension. The second objective of this thesis is validating a systematic budget allocation methodology for the primary health care sector in Costa Rica. The institution evaluated is the area of health Jiménez Núñez (Goicoechea 2) which is composed of 10 Basic Teams for Comprehensive Care in Health (EBAIS). The EBAIS were selected as the decision making units for the validation. We applied the model under study progressively, as the first evaluation done was the DEA to obtain the efficiency scores per EBAIS: four EBAIS out of ten were found efficient. Then, to demonstrate how the DEA allocation model improves the efficiency of the DMUs under study, we applied the model for the multi-input and multi-output scenario. As a result of the proposed allocation, now eight EBAIS were found efficient. Finally, we include the equity perspective into the analysis. The DEA proved to be a useful management tool as it performs the efficiency assessment from a comparison between DMUs through data and among data by generating the efficiency frontier. To run this operations research model, various analytical choices must be made. When these choices depend heavily on the analysts, the appropriateness of the model depends on the consistency between the analytical choices and the judgment of experienced decision makers. There may exist generally accepted standards in the efficiency and equity literature, but the mathematical model developed will always have to address different factors depending on the object of study. The DEA model has been widely used in health institutions and many other public sector organizations in the world, but this is the first application at the primary health system at Costa Rica and additionally it is including the equity perspective, as most of the literature shows DEA case studies for efficiency assessment only. We can also think of standardizing and systematizing the decision making at the health areas by disseminating the use of the DEA-RAM with equity model and then applying the extensions along the model to be broadened to incorporate resource allocation at the national level as it would be valuable to develop this analysis for the 103 health areas at Costa Rica as DMUs.
Author :United States. Indian Health Service. Division of Health Services Planning and Operations Research Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :166 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Allocation of Resources in the Indian Health Service by : United States. Indian Health Service. Division of Health Services Planning and Operations Research
Download or read book Allocation of Resources in the Indian Health Service written by United States. Indian Health Service. Division of Health Services Planning and Operations Research and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Handbook of Healthcare Analytics by : Tinglong Dai
Download or read book Handbook of Healthcare Analytics written by Tinglong Dai and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can analytics scholars and healthcare professionals access the most exciting and important healthcare topics and tools for the 21st century? Editors Tinglong Dai and Sridhar Tayur, aided by a team of internationally acclaimed experts, have curated this timely volume to help newcomers and seasoned researchers alike to rapidly comprehend a diverse set of thrusts and tools in this rapidly growing cross-disciplinary field. The Handbook covers a wide range of macro-, meso- and micro-level thrusts—such as market design, competing interests, global health, personalized medicine, residential care and concierge medicine, among others—and structures what has been a highly fragmented research area into a coherent scientific discipline. The handbook also provides an easy-to-comprehend introduction to five essential research tools—Markov decision process, game theory and information economics, queueing games, econometric methods, and data science—by illustrating their uses and applicability on examples from diverse healthcare settings, thus connecting tools with thrusts. The primary audience of the Handbook includes analytics scholars interested in healthcare and healthcare practitioners interested in analytics. This Handbook: Instills analytics scholars with a way of thinking that incorporates behavioral, incentive, and policy considerations in various healthcare settings. This change in perspective—a shift in gaze away from narrow, local and one-off operational improvement efforts that do not replicate, scale or remain sustainable—can lead to new knowledge and innovative solutions that healthcare has been seeking so desperately. Facilitates collaboration between healthcare experts and analytics scholar to frame and tackle their pressing concerns through appropriate modern mathematical tools designed for this very purpose. The handbook is designed to be accessible to the independent reader, and it may be used in a variety of settings, from a short lecture series on specific topics to a semester-long course.
Author : Publisher :Cengage Learning ISBN 13 :035776417X Total Pages :683 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (577 download)
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Book Synopsis Equitable Resource Allocation by : Hanan Luss
Download or read book Equitable Resource Allocation written by Hanan Luss and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique book that specifically addresses equitable resource allocation problems with applications in communication networks, manufacturing, emergency services, and more Resource allocation problems focus on assigning limited resources in an economically beneficial way among competing activities. Solutions to such problems affect people and everyday activities with significant impact on the private and public sectors and on society at large. Using diverse application areas as examples, Equitable Resource Allocation: Models, Algorithms, and Applications provides readers with great insight into a topic that is not widely known in the field. Starting with an overview of the topics covered, the book presents a large variety of resource allocation models with special mathematical structures and provides elegant, efficient algorithms that compute optimal solutions to these models. Authored by one of the leading researchers in the field, Equitable Resource Allocation: Is the only book that provides a comprehensive exposition of equitable resource allocation problems Presents a collection of resource allocation models with applications in communication networks, transportation, content distribution, manufacturing, emergency services, and more Exhibits practical algorithms for solving a variety of resource allocation models Uses real-world applications and examples to explain important concepts Includes end-of-chapter exercises Bringing together much of the equitable resource allocation research from the past thirty years, this book is a valuable reference for anyone interested in solving diverse optimization problems.
Book Synopsis Resource Allocation by : M. Scott Norton
Download or read book Resource Allocation written by M. Scott Norton and published by Eye On Education. This book was released on 1997 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :944 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (51 download)
Book Synopsis Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1998 by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
Download or read book Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1998 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :2704 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (555 download)
Book Synopsis Improved Operation, Maintenance, and Financing of the Nation's Water Transportation System, Including Coastal and Great Lakes Ports, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and the Inland and Intracoastal Waterways by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources
Download or read book Improved Operation, Maintenance, and Financing of the Nation's Water Transportation System, Including Coastal and Great Lakes Ports, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and the Inland and Intracoastal Waterways written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 2704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Resource Allocation and Productivity in Education by : William L. Boyd
Download or read book Resource Allocation and Productivity in Education written by William L. Boyd and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-05-26 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource allocation decisions made by school boards, principals, and teachers are critical for they determine the adequacy and equity of resources actually made available for specific schools, educational programs and individual students. The most important resources are often concealed by aggregate state or district measures such as dollars per student. For these decisions, the most important resources are elements such as basic and supplemental staffing levels, staff time, funding amounts for textbooks and supplies, selection of new equipment (particularly technology), and support for new or renovated facilities. The authors review current practices at each important decision-making level in school districts, from the school board to the classroom. At each juncture, the findings are interpreted to reveal both the causes of the practices and their implications for improving school effectiveness. This book provides new research in helping to inform and improve resource allocation practices in schools. The general conclusion is that improvement in the resource allocation practices in education requires a shift in focus to results instead of inputs, a strong emphasis on student learning as the primary focus of decisions, and systematic evaluation of results.
Book Synopsis OECD Studies on Water Water Resources Allocation Sharing Risks and Opportunities by : OECD
Download or read book OECD Studies on Water Water Resources Allocation Sharing Risks and Opportunities written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing information from 27 OECD countries and key partner economies, the report presents key findings from the OECD Survey of Water Resources Allocation and case studies of successful allocation reform.
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309452961 Total Pages :583 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (94 download)
Book Synopsis Communities in Action by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Book Synopsis Population, Health, and Nutrition by : Denise Vaillancourt
Download or read book Population, Health, and Nutrition written by Denise Vaillancourt and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Improving Health in the Community by : Institute of Medicine
Download or read book Improving Health in the Community written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-05-21 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do communities protect and improve the health of their populations? Health care is part of the answer but so are environmental protections, social and educational services, adequate nutrition, and a host of other activities. With concern over funding constraints, making sure such activities are efficient and effective is becoming a high priority. Improving Health in the Community explains how population-based performance monitoring programs can help communities point their efforts in the right direction. Within a broad definition of community health, the committee addresses factors surrounding the implementation of performance monitoring and explores the "why" and "how to" of establishing mechanisms to monitor the performance of those who can influence community health. The book offers a policy framework, applies a multidimensional model of the determinants of health, and provides sets of prototype performance indicators for specific health issues. Improving Health in the Community presents an attainable vision of a process that can achieve community-wide health benefits.
Book Synopsis Creating Evidence for Better Health Financing Decisions by : Akiko Maeda
Download or read book Creating Evidence for Better Health Financing Decisions written by Akiko Maeda and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarize the experience since 2008 of the global efforts coordinated by the World Bank to use National Health Accounts (NHA) to better assess sources and allocation of public, donor and private health expenditures and inform countries' health financing policies.
Book Synopsis Costing of Health Care Services in Developing Countries by : Steffen Fleßa
Download or read book Costing of Health Care Services in Developing Countries written by Steffen Fleßa and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of health care reforms must be based on demographic, epidemiological and economic evidence if it is to achieve the fundamental target of affordable, sustainable and efficient health care services for the entire population. Consequently, costing of health care services has become a frequently used element of health care reforms. This book presents the essentials of costing in a health economic framework and gives examples from successful costing studies done by the author in Tanzania, Vietnam and Burkina Faso. Based on these examples it demonstrates the importance of costing information for the planning and decision-making process in the field of budgeting, resource allocation, setting an insurance premium and strategic planning. The main message of this book is that costing of health care services is a valuable instrument in the fight for better 'health for all'.
