Levelling the number of required beds at the holding and recovery departments

In this thesis, we consider levelling the number of required beds at the holding and recovery department. Due to the decreased number of available nurses, the workload for the nurses at hospitals has increased. For this reason, it is important to level the number of required beds at the holding and recovery department. By doing so, the workload...

Saving costs and improving quality of care for hospitals by reducing variation in hospital bed occupation through the master surgical schedule

Due to rising costs and an increasing demand for health care services Dutch hospitals are looking for ways to reduce costs while maintaining or increasing the level of patient satisfaction. Reducing variation in bed occupation in common nursing wards could save costs by reducing the amount of required beds and nurse staffing, and increase...