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The Analytics of Bed Shortages: Coherent Metric, Prediction, and Optimization (2022)
Journal Article
Xie, J., Loke, G. G., Sim, M., & Lam, S. W. (2023). The Analytics of Bed Shortages: Coherent Metric, Prediction, and Optimization. Operations Research, 71(1), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2021.2231

Bed shortages in hospitals usually have a negative impact on patient satisfaction and medical outcomes. In practice, healthcare managers often use bed occupancy rates (BORs) as a metric to understand bed utilization, which is insufficient in capturin... Read More about The Analytics of Bed Shortages: Coherent Metric, Prediction, and Optimization.