Class information for:
Level 1: APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING//HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE//SURGERY SCHEDULING

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
9248 1174 27.8 47%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
24 3       HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES//HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES//ACADEMIC MEDICINE 112833
1817 2             MANAGEMENT CONSULTING//APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING//ANESTHESIOLOGY 6225
9248 1                   APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING//HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE//SURGERY SCHEDULING 1174

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING authKW 1512120 5% 95% 61
2 HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE journal 434054 6% 25% 68
3 SURGERY SCHEDULING authKW 395593 1% 89% 17
4 OR IN HEALTH SERVICES authKW 337136 3% 39% 33
5 PATIENT FLOW authKW 268393 3% 30% 34
6 SURGICAL SCHEDULING authKW 200057 1% 77% 10
7 OPERATING THEATRE PLANNING authKW 182057 1% 100% 7
8 OPERATING ROOM SCHEDULING authKW 165621 1% 58% 11
9 OPERATING ROOM PLANNING authKW 141596 1% 78% 7
10 OUTPATIENT SCHEDULING authKW 141596 1% 78% 7

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Operations Research & Management Science 42818 43% 0% 507
2 Management 6619 17% 0% 195
3 Medical Informatics 5459 9% 0% 100
4 Health Policy & Services 5296 11% 0% 132
5 Engineering, Industrial 4290 11% 0% 125
6 Health Care Sciences & Services 3045 11% 0% 132
7 Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications 2879 14% 0% 162
8 Engineering, Manufacturing 2173 8% 0% 90
9 Primary Health Care 621 2% 0% 28
10 Computer Science, Software Engineering 261 4% 0% 46

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 CAMPUS ECON HOGE 78024 0% 100% 3
2 HLTH CARE SYST OPERAT 78024 0% 100% 3
3 HLTH SOCIAL CARE MODELLING GRP 59104 0% 45% 5
4 MODELLING HEALTHCARE 58517 0% 75% 3
5 AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY CARE ABORAT 52016 0% 100% 2
6 BELL ENGN 4169 52016 0% 100% 2
7 HLTH CARE SYST ENGN PROGRAM 52016 0% 100% 2
8 HLTH HUMAN SYST 52016 0% 100% 2
9 HSHS ILLINOIS 52016 0% 100% 2
10 MODELLERING SIMULATIE 52016 0% 100% 2

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 434054 6% 25% 68
2 JOURNAL OF SIMULATION 47384 2% 10% 19
3 JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY 39615 7% 2% 86
4 FLEXIBLE SERVICES AND MANUFACTURING JOURNAL 31441 1% 9% 14
5 PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 18913 2% 3% 28
6 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH 15888 8% 1% 95
7 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS 11233 2% 2% 27
8 JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 10731 1% 5% 9
9 M&SOM-MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 7418 1% 3% 11
10 OR SPECTRUM 5916 1% 2% 11

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING 1512120 5% 95% 61 Search APPOINTMENT+SCHEDULING Search APPOINTMENT+SCHEDULING
2 SURGERY SCHEDULING 395593 1% 89% 17 Search SURGERY+SCHEDULING Search SURGERY+SCHEDULING
3 OR IN HEALTH SERVICES 337136 3% 39% 33 Search OR+IN+HEALTH+SERVICES Search OR+IN+HEALTH+SERVICES
4 PATIENT FLOW 268393 3% 30% 34 Search PATIENT+FLOW Search PATIENT+FLOW
5 SURGICAL SCHEDULING 200057 1% 77% 10 Search SURGICAL+SCHEDULING Search SURGICAL+SCHEDULING
6 OPERATING THEATRE PLANNING 182057 1% 100% 7 Search OPERATING+THEATRE+PLANNING Search OPERATING+THEATRE+PLANNING
7 OPERATING ROOM SCHEDULING 165621 1% 58% 11 Search OPERATING+ROOM+SCHEDULING Search OPERATING+ROOM+SCHEDULING
8 OPERATING ROOM PLANNING 141596 1% 78% 7 Search OPERATING+ROOM+PLANNING Search OPERATING+ROOM+PLANNING
9 OUTPATIENT SCHEDULING 141596 1% 78% 7 Search OUTPATIENT+SCHEDULING Search OUTPATIENT+SCHEDULING
10 BED OCCUPANCY MODELLING 130040 0% 100% 5 Search BED+OCCUPANCY+MODELLING Search BED+OCCUPANCY+MODELLING

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref. in
cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 AHMADI-JAVID, A , JALALI, Z , KLASSEN, KJ , (2017) OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENT SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE: A REVIEW OF OPTIMIZATION STUDIES.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH. VOL. 258. ISSUE 1. P. 3 -34 103 84% 0
2 SAMUDRA, M , VAN RIET, C , DEMEULEMEESTER, E , CARDOEN, B , VANSTEENKISTE, N , RADEMAKERS, FE , (2016) SCHEDULING OPERATING ROOMS: ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALLENGES AND PITFALLS.JOURNAL OF SCHEDULING. VOL. 19. ISSUE 5. P. 493 -525 114 69% 0
3 BHATTACHARJEE, P , RAY, PK , (2014) PATIENT FLOW MODELLING AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY PROCESSES IN HOSPITALS: A REVIEW AND REFLECTIONS.COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING. VOL. 78. ISSUE . P. 299 -312 71 92% 11
4 YAN, CJ , TANG, JF , JIANG, BW , FUNG, RYK , (2015) COMPARISON OF TRADITIONAL AND OPEN-ACCESS APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING FOR EXPONENTIALLY DISTRIBUTED SERVICE TIME.JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING. VOL. 6. ISSUE 3. P. 345 -376 37 95% 0
5 CAYIRLI, T , YANG, KK , (2014) A UNIVERSAL APPOINTMENT RULE WITH PATIENT CLASSIFICATION FOR SERVICE TIMES, NO-SHOWS, AND WALK-INS.SERVICE SCIENCE. VOL. 6. ISSUE 4. P. 274 -295 35 97% 2
6 GUERRIERO, F , GUIDO, R , (2011) OPERATIONAL RESEARCH IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE OPERATING THEATRE: A SURVEY.HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. VOL. 14. ISSUE 1. P. 89 -114 47 59% 86
7 GUNAL, MM , PIDD, M , (2010) DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION FOR PERFORMANCE MODELLING IN HEALTH CARE: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.JOURNAL OF SIMULATION. VOL. 4. ISSUE 1. P. 42-51 32 86% 76
8 CESCHIA, S , SCHAERF, A , (2016) DYNAMIC PATIENT ADMISSION SCHEDULING WITH OPERATING ROOM CONSTRAINTS, FLEXIBLE HORIZONS, AND PATIENT DELAYS.JOURNAL OF SCHEDULING. VOL. 19. ISSUE 4. P. 377 -389 29 94% 1
9 GARTNER, D , KOLISCH, R , (2014) SCHEDULING THE HOSPITAL-WIDE FLOW OF ELECTIVE PATIENTS.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH. VOL. 233. ISSUE 3. P. 689 -699 33 87% 7
10 KORTBEEK, N , ZONDERLAND, ME , BRAAKSMA, A , VLIEGEN, IMH , BOUCHERIE, RJ , LITVAK, N , HANS, EW , (2014) DESIGNING CYCLIC APPOINTMENT SCHEDULES FOR OUTPATIENT CLINICS WITH SCHEDULED AND UNSCHEDULED PATIENT ARRIVALS.PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. VOL. 80. ISSUE . P. 5 -26 35 83% 2

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 14787 MANAGEMENT CONSULTING//OPERATING ROOM MANAGEMENT//OR MANAGEMENT
2 13425 NURSE ROSTERING//NURSE SCHEDULING//PERSONNEL SCHEDULING
3 4063 TRIAGE//OVERCROWDING//EMERGENCY MEDICINE
4 15999 WAITING LIST//WAITING TIME//WESTERN CANADA WAITING LIST PROJECT
5 12718 MISSED APPOINTMENTS//PREMATURE TERMINATION//NO SHOWS
6 25356 MATRIX EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION//PHASE TYPE DISTRIBUTION//RATIONAL ARRIVAL PROCESSES
7 5473 HEAVY TRAFFIC//QUEUEING SYSTEMS//CALL CENTERS
8 17386 CONTINUITY OF CARE//CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE//UNATTACHED PATIENTS
9 28276 TIMING OF RADIOTHERAPY//SURGERY RADIOTHERAPY INTERVAL//CRLC OSCAR LAMBRET
10 21751 STOCHASTIC POPULATION SYSTEMS//MANPOWER PLANNING//STAT OPERAT SECT

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