Optimal Allocation of Hospital Beds - A Mathematical Programming Approach (Case Study of Public Hospital in Ghana)
Abstract
This thesis provides application of a queuing theory and goal programming
combination model to aid in the reallocation of beds in a public hospital in Ghana.
The adoption of queuing theory and goal programming gives us a clear objective
or target of this study. The queuing theory was able to determine the optimal
number of beds required in each department or wards and successfully ensured
that no patient is turned away from the wards and no loss of income generation
to the hospital. Outcome from queuing theory are used to construct a multiobjective
decision aiding model within goal programming framework. The model
was tested with one year [January - December, 2010] data collected from a public
hospital in Ghana.
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Mathematics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science in Industrial Mathematics.