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Van Luyn, F. (author)Driven by rising health care costs due to factors including advancing technology and an aging population, cost-effectiveness has become an increasingly important aspect of care delivery, with the operating room (OR) being a specific area of interest. By means of a surgical process model (SPM), OR systems can gain an understanding of clinical...master thesis 2017
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Guédon, A.C.P. (author), Paalvast, M. (author), Meeuwsen, F.C. (author), Tax, D.M.J. (author), van Dijke, A.P. (author), Wauben, L.S.G.L. (author), Van Der Elst, M. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, J.J. (author)Efficiency in the Operating Room (OR) is a topic of growing interest. Planning of care is a crucial element to ensure optimal use of the ORs. Currently, OR scheduling is considered as a complex task based on predictions of surgery duration. The latter are often based on average times, but turn out to be inaccurate in practice because of...conference paper 2015