Admission Scheduling in Acute Care Hospitals: Does the Practice Fit With the Theory?

摘要

Admission scheduling is an important strategy to match supply and demand in acute care hospitals. During the last decades, many differnet theoretical models of admission scheduling have been developed, but only a few of them have reached the stage of implementation. This study finds a large gap between the theoretical requirements and the practical application of admission scheduling in hospitals. In summary, most hospitals have not worked out an admission scheduling policy indicating which resources are critical in the scheduling process and how informaiton on the availability of these resources can be captured.