Patient Assignment Models

Patient Assignment Model is a systematic framework within healthcare operations management that determines the allocation of patients to care providers or teams based on predefined criteria such as continuity of care, workload balance, clinical expertise, or patient preferences, thereby optimizing service delivery and care coordination.

Publications

2.9K

Citations

316

Authors

187

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Practice Organization

Publications

Allocation of patients to treatment groups in a controlled clinical study

Susan J. White, Laurence S. Freedman · British Journal of Cancer · 1978 · 189 citations

Public Health, Clinical Pharmacy, Clinical Medicine +11

A cardinality-constrained robust model for the assignment problem in Home Care services

Giuliana Carello, Ettore Lanzarone · European Journal of Operational Research · 2014 · 132 citations

Business, Decision Sciences, Optimization +11

A patient assignment algorithm for home care services

Alain Hertz, Nadia Lahrichi · Journal of the Operational Research Society · 2008 · 123 citations

Business, Health Services Administration, Health Services Research +6

Multi-objective optimization models for patient allocation during a pandemic influenza outbreak

Li Sun, Gail W. DePuy, Gerald W. Evans · Computers & Operations Research · 2013 · 123 citations

Natural Sciences, Infectious Disease Control, Infectious Diseases +14

Robust nurse-to-patient assignment in home care services to minimize overtimes under continuity of care

Ettore Lanzarone, Andréa Matta · Operations Research for Health Care · 2014 · 111 citations · Full text

Medicine, Nursing Administration, Continuity Of Care +7

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Authors

316

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Ettore Lanzarone
Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche, Italy
5 publications · 444 citations
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Andréa Matta
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
5 publications · 353 citations
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Evren Şahin
Laboratoire Génie Industriel, France
3 publications · 183 citations
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Abdellah Sadki
Mines Saint-Étienne, France
2 publications · 32 citations
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Franck Chauvin
Centre Léon Bérard, France
2 publications · 32 citations
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Institutions

187

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Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal
4 publications · 192 citations
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European Journal of Operational Research
3 publications · 201 citations
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Health Care Management Science
HCMS · 3 publications · 180 citations
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PubMed
Repository · 3 publications · 58 citations
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JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration
JNA · 3 publications · 44 citations
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