Memra: An equilibrium model for resource allocation in a health care system

The classical approach to resource allocation in Health Care Systems seems inappropriate as it does not take into account the principle of equilibrium between supply and demand, a concept widely used in other areas, e.g. transportation. We propose and validate a model which uses this concept of equi...

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Published in:European journal of operational research 1987-05, Vol.29 (2), p.144-158
Main Authors: Delorme, Louis, Rousseau, Jean-Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Equilibrium
equilibrium model
General aspects
Health care industry
health services
Mathematical analysis
mathematical programming
Medical sciences
Operations research
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Resource allocation
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Summary:The classical approach to resource allocation in Health Care Systems seems inappropriate as it does not take into account the principle of equilibrium between supply and demand, a concept widely used in other areas, e.g. transportation. We propose and validate a model which uses this concept of equilibrium to reproduce medical practice and to predict the quantity of resources consumed and the number of medical services performed given an amount of physician resources available. The formulation reduces to a convex function to be minimized and is very easy to solve. It has been tested on data from the province of Québec with excellent results.
ISSN:0377-2217
1872-6860
DOI:10.1016/0377-2217(87)90104-4