The therapist assignment problem in home healthcare structures
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Highlights：
• A proposed mixed-integer program model for the therapist assignment problem.
• Effect study of the number of available time periods (ATPs) on efficiency of model.
• Effect study of continuity of care (COC) and patient priority (PP) on performance.
• A selection of at most five ATPs to each patient is optimal choice for performance.
• PP and COC have significant effects on the satisfaction and reassignment rate.
摘要
•A proposed mixed-integer program model for the therapist assignment problem.•Effect study of the number of available time periods (ATPs) on efficiency of model.•Effect study of continuity of care (COC) and patient priority (PP) on performance.•A selection of at most five ATPs to each patient is optimal choice for performance.•PP and COC have significant effects on the satisfaction and reassignment rate.
论文关键词：Therapist assignment problem,Mixed-integer programming model,Continuity of care,Patient priority,Preferred time periods
论文评审过程：Received 30 November 2015, Revised 5 April 2016, Accepted 8 June 2016, Available online 9 June 2016, Version of Record 16 June 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.06.010
