Research Catalog

Title

Quantitative analysis for health services administration / Charles J. Austin, Stuart B. Boxerman ; with contributions by Tee H. Hiett.

Author

Austin, Charles J., 1957-

Publication

Arlington, VA : AUPHA Press ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Health Administration Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Boxerman, Stuart B.
• Hiett, Tee H.

Description

xviii, 333 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Subject

• Decision Making, Organizational
• Health Services Administration
• Health services administration > Mathematical models
• Health services administration > Statistical methods
• Management Information Systems
• Operations research
• United States

Note

• This book is designed to be used with a basic computer software package in the field of quantitative decision analysis.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. An Introduction: Managerial Problem Solving in Health Services Organizations -- 2. Break-Even Analysis -- 3. Decision Analysis with Payoff Tables -- 4. Decision Analysis with Decision Trees -- 5. Linear Programming -- 6. Transportation and Assignment Models -- 7. Queueing Models -- 8. Project Control with PERT/CPM -- 9. Statistical Quality Control -- 10. Inventory Control -- 11. Simulation for Facility and Program Planning / Tee H. Hiett -- Appendix A: Answers to Problems at End of Chapters -- Appendix B: Name and Address List of Software Vendors.

ISBN

1567930328 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95009346

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries