Elective surgery scheduling under uncertainty in demand for intensive care unit and inpatient beds during epidemic outbreaks

Dai, Zongli, Perera, Sandun C, Wang, Jian-Jun, Mangla, Sachin Kumar and Li, Guo (2023) Elective surgery scheduling under uncertainty in demand for intensive care unit and inpatient beds during epidemic outbreaks. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 176: 108893. ISSN 0360-8352

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Abstract

Amid the epidemic outbreaks such as COVID-19, a large number of patients occupy inpatient and intensive care unit (ICU) beds, thereby making the availability of beds uncertain and scarce. Thus, elective surgery scheduling not only needs to deal with the uncertainty of the surgery duration and length of stay in the ward, but also the uncertainty in demand for ICU and inpatient beds. We model this surgery scheduling problem with uncertainty and propose an effective algorithm that minimizes the operating room overtime cost, bed shortage cost, and patient waiting cost. Our model is developed using fuzzy sets whereas the proposed algorithm is based on the differential evolution algorithm and heuristic rules. We set up experiments based on data and expert experience respectively. A comparison between the fuzzy model and the crisp (non-fuzzy) model proves the usefulness of the fuzzy model when the data is not sufficient or available. We further compare the proposed model and algorithm with several extant models and algorithms, and demonstrate the computational efficacy, robustness, and adaptability of the proposed framework.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: COVID-19 | Decision Making Under Uncertainty | Fuzzy Theory | Healthcare Operations | Surgery Scheduling
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Business, Management and Accounting > General Management
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Global Business School
Depositing User: Amees Mohammad
Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2023 09:54
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2023 09:54
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2022.108893
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/5525

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