Optimization of the organizational structure in hospitals to account for patients with multiple diseases
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Highlights：
• We provide an approach for optimizing the organizational structure in a hospital.
• The optimized structure accounts for inpatient diagnoses.
• The solution is derived using simulation and a heuristic algorithm.
• Associations between patient diagnoses are analyzed using Association Rule Learning.
摘要
•We provide an approach for optimizing the organizational structure in a hospital.•The optimized structure accounts for inpatient diagnoses.•The solution is derived using simulation and a heuristic algorithm.•Associations between patient diagnoses are analyzed using Association Rule Learning.
论文关键词：Heuristics,Optimization,Wards,Resources,Patient flow
论文评审过程：Received 1 October 2021, Revised 21 May 2022, Accepted 23 May 2022, Available online 27 May 2022, Version of Record 1 June 2022.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2022.102327
