Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1-1-1974

Abstract

This document outlines the progress and proposed work in a project focused on anesthesia services in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It includes projections of the demand for anesthesia services and the supply of anesthesiologists up to 1980, using various models such as demand extrapolation, regression models, and expert opinions. The chapter details the classification of anesthesia-related tasks and personnel, the development of a patient condition scale for surgical risk assessment, and the design of optimal anesthesia teams. It also discusses the economic analysis of team configurations, computer simulations of operating room practices, and the use of telemedicine for remote anesthesiologist consultations.

Keywords

Industrial engineering, Operations research, Anesthesia, Hospitals--Anesthesia services--Planning, Job analysis, Anesthesiology--Ohio, Hospitals--Ohio--Cuyahoga County, Medical personnel--Supply and demand, Manpower planning, Medical personnel--Ohio, Cuyahoga County (Ohio), Delphi method, PERT (Network analysis)

Publication Title

Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Issue

Technical memorandum no. 332

Rights

This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use

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