Research output: Working paper
Research output: Working paper
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TY - UNPB
T1 - The effective management of intensive care: a case study integrating hard and soft methods
AU - Kowalczyk, R H
AU - Worthington, D J
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The provision of an intensive care service is extremely costly and demand for the service is increasing. Because of the complexity within intensive care, quantitative methods and qualitative methods are used together to develop understanding of the factors affecting ICU management and to identify ways in which performance can be improved. The successful management of intensive care is dependent upon a complex and interacting set of factors. Insights drawn from combining quantitative and qualitative methods are relevant for strategic policy making, as well as to support and challenge decisions at an operational level. The potential for the integration of quantitative and qualitative methods to provide greater understanding and support for proposed improvements within a complex healthcare system is highlighted. This paper also discusses the benefits and possibilities of developing qualitative skills within OR, to be used in combination with quantitative skills.
AB - The provision of an intensive care service is extremely costly and demand for the service is increasing. Because of the complexity within intensive care, quantitative methods and qualitative methods are used together to develop understanding of the factors affecting ICU management and to identify ways in which performance can be improved. The successful management of intensive care is dependent upon a complex and interacting set of factors. Insights drawn from combining quantitative and qualitative methods are relevant for strategic policy making, as well as to support and challenge decisions at an operational level. The potential for the integration of quantitative and qualitative methods to provide greater understanding and support for proposed improvements within a complex healthcare system is highlighted. This paper also discusses the benefits and possibilities of developing qualitative skills within OR, to be used in combination with quantitative skills.
KW - Health Service
KW - methodology
KW - intensive care
KW - quantitative
KW - qualitative
M3 - Working paper
T3 - Management Science Working Paper Series
BT - The effective management of intensive care: a case study integrating hard and soft methods
PB - The Department of Management Science
CY - Lancaster University
ER -