Fuzzy decision making in health systems: a resource allocation model

Ekin T., Kocadagli O., Bastian N. D., Fulton L. V., Griffin P. M.

EURO Journal on Decision Processes, cilt.4, sa.3-4, ss.245-267, 2016 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 3-4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s40070-015-0049-x
  • Dergi Adı: EURO Journal on Decision Processes
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.245-267
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Fuzzy modeling, Health systems, Military medicine, Multi-objective optimization, Resource allocation
  • İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The efficient use of resources in health systems is important due to the increasing demand and limited funding. Large health systems often have fixed input resources (such as budget and staffing) to be allocated among individual hospitals/clinics with particular target output levels. We propose an optimization model with fuzzy constraints that can be used for automatic resource re-allocation with respect to different levels of risk preferences. We illustrate its applicability using data from a U.S. Army hospital network. The implications of the proposed fuzzy decision-making model for healthcare decision makers and its relevance to healthcare policy and management are also discussed.