Optimizing Intensive Care Unit Discharge Decisions with Patient Readmissions

This work examines the impact of discharge decisions under uncertainty in a capacity-constrained high-risk setting: the intensive care unit (ICU). New arrivals to an ICU are typically very high-priority patients and, should the ICU be full upon their arrival, discharging a patient currently residing...

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Main Authors: Chan, Carri W. (Author), Farias, Vivek F. (Contributor), Bambos, Nicholas (Author), Escobar, Gabriel J. (Author)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2014-06-11T16:04:54Z.
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