orldwide, chemotherapy centers that provide outpatient services face significant challenges owing to increased demand and limited resources. Therefore, outpatient chemotherapy process (OCP) optimization has attracted the attention of operations management scholars. This review seeks to provide a...

Chapter 1 Healthcare Systems of the World -- Chapter 2 Future of Health Care Delivery -- Chapter 3 Epidemiological Perspective of HC Management -- Chapter 4 Health Policy & Planning -- Chapter 5 Health Care Finance -- Chapter 6 Evaluating Health Systems -- Chapter 7 Health Care Needs Assessment...

This paper analyses the effects of immigration on waiting times in the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Linking administrative records from the Hospital Episode Statistics (2003-2012) with immigration data drawn from the UK Labour Force Survey, we find that immigration reduced waiting...

We consider a setting of dual practice, where a physician offers free public treatment and, if allowed, a private treatment for which patients have to pay out of pocket. Private treatment is superior in terms of health outcomes but more costly and time intensive. For the latter reason it...