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050	0	0	_aT57.6 _b.U85 2022
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100	1		_aUtley, Martin, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aOperational research approaches / _cMartin Utley, Sonya Crowe, and Christina Pagel.
264		1	_aCambridge ; New York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource (35 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge elements. Elements of improving quality and safety in healthcare, _x2754-2912
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Oct 2022).
506	0		_aOpen Access. _fUnrestricted online access _2star
505	0		_aWhat is operational research? -- A brief history of operational research in UK healthcare -- Operational research in action -- Critiques of the approach.
520			_aOperational research is a collection of modelling techniques used to structure, analyse, and solve problems related to the design and operation of complex human systems. While many argue that operational research should play a key role in improving healthcare services, staff may be largely unaware of its potential applications. This Element explores operational research's wartime origins and introduce several approaches that operational researchers use to help healthcare organisations: address well-defined decision problems; account for multiple stakeholder perspectives; and describe how system performance may be impacted by changing the configuration or operation of services. The authors draw on examples that illustrate the valuable perspective that operational research brings to improvement initiatives and the challenges of implementing and scaling operational research solutions. They discuss how operational researchers are working to surmount these problems and suggest further research to help operational researchers have greater beneficial impact in healthcare improvement. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
650		0	_aOperations research.
650		0	_aHealth services administration _xResearch _zGreat Britain.
700	1		_aCrowe, Sonya, _eauthor.
700	1		_aPagel, Christina, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781009236973
830		0	_aElements of improving quality and safety in healthcare (Series), _x2754-2912.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009236980
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