Introduction to the Use of Linear Programming in Strategic Health Human Resource Planning

Lavieri, Mariel S.; Regan, Sandra; Puterman, Martin L.; Ratner, Pamela A.

doi:10.1002/9780470400531.eorms1101

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“…Linear programming 24,41,42 was selected for the development of our operations research model ( Fig. 1) because of its flexibility and ease of use when it comes to analyzing the sensitivity of solutions to changes in model parameters.…”

Section: Operations Research Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Workforce Planning for Community-Based Palliative Care Specialist Teams Using Operations Research

Taghavi

Johnston

Urquhart

et al. 2021

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

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Context. Many countries have aging populations. Thus, the need for palliative care will increase. However, the methods to estimate optimal staffing for specialist palliative care teams are rudimentary as yet. Objectives. To develop a population-need workforce planning model for community-based palliative care specialist teams and to apply the model to forecast the staff needed to care for all patients with terminal illness, organ failure, and frailty during the next 20 years, with and without the expansion of primary palliative care. Methods. We used operations research (linear programming) to model the problem. We used the framework of the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians and the Nova Scotia palliative care strategy to apply the model. Results. To meet the palliative care needs for persons dying across Nova Scotia in 2019, the model generated an estimate of 70.8 nurses, 23.6 physicians, and 11.9 social workers, a total of 106.3 staff. Thereby, the model indicated that a 64% increase in specialist palliative care staff was needed immediately, and a further 13.1% increase would be needed during the next 20 years. Trained primary palliative care providers currently meet 3.7% of need, and with their expansion are expected to meet 20.3% by 2038. Conclusion. Historical, current, and projected data can be used with operations research to forecast staffing levels for specialist palliative care teams under various scenarios. The forecast can be updated as new data emerge, applied to other populations, and used to test alternative delivery models.

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Section: Operations Research Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Workforce Planning for Community-Based Palliative Care Specialist Teams Using Operations Research

Taghavi

Johnston

Urquhart

et al. 2021

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

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“…In IMRT, the patient is irradiated from several beams, each of which is decomposed into hundreds of small beam-lets, the intensities of which can be controlled individually. In their paper, Lavieri et al [23] considered the problem of designing a treatment plan for IMRT when the orientations of the beams are given. They proposed a new model that had the potential to achieve most of the goals with respect to the quality of a treatment plan that had been considered to date.…”

Section: Use Of Linear Programming In Strategic Health Human Resourcementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lavieri et al [23], also look at the use of linear programming in strategic health human resource planning. They focus on a multiperiod linear programming approach that compares all feasible human resource strategies to identify education, recruitment, and promotion plans that achieve a supply-demand balance at the least cost to the system.…”

Section: Use Of Linear Programming In Strategic Health Human Resourcementioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching Linear Programing in Mathematics Education to Improve Human Health

Shikuku

2017

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The 1984 World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as "the extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment." Health is a resource for everyday life. It is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities. To maintain human health is a complex matter, thus the need to apply mathematics education, and in particular, linear programming knowledge and skills, in order to bring up a healthy community. Linear Programming is about making maximum benefit or minimum loss out of limited resources in daily life. Applications of linear programming date back to 1930 and were first attempted by the Soviet mathematician Leonid Kantorovich and by the American economist, Wasilly Leontief. Linear programming is applied in many health programs. These include; application of linear programming in health care, in the most affordable heath diet, in surgery, menu planning, food production and in feeding. Linear programming is used by farmers to determine how much space to be used for each crop especially when practicing mixed farming and for optimal health care resource allocation. Linear programming is also used in home health care and medical services. It is used in radiation therapy treatment, for menu planning in restaurants and in nurses scheduling. It is therefore recommended that the topic linear programming be taught to all Kenyan students irrespective of what career they hope to pursue. This will go a long way in enabling the Kenyan society to maintain good health at minimum cost.

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Introduction to the Use of Linear Programming in Strategic Health Human Resource Planning

Cited by 2 publications

References 17 publications

Workforce Planning for Community-Based Palliative Care Specialist Teams Using Operations Research

Workforce Planning for Community-Based Palliative Care Specialist Teams Using Operations Research

Teaching Linear Programing in Mathematics Education to Improve Human Health

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