@article{23ab4396b45048f6949d65a8b17d86d5,
title = "Fuzzy decision making in health systems: a resource allocation model",
abstract = "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.",
author = "Tahir Ekin and Ozan Kocadagli and Bastian, {Nathaniel D.} and Fulton, {Lawrence V.} and Griffin, {Paul M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DGE1255832. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, United States Army, Texas State University, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Pennsylvania State University, Texas Tech University, or Georgia Institute of Technology. Funding Information: This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DGE1255832. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, United States Army, Texas State University, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Pennsylvania State University, Texas Tech University, or Georgia Institute of Technology. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg and EURO - The Association of European Operational Research Societies.",
year = "2016",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s40070-015-0049-x",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "4",
pages = "245--267",
journal = "EURO Journal on Decision Processes",
issn = "2193-9438",
publisher = "Springer Berlin",
number = "3-4",
}