{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3045421677","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","title":"Integrating nurse assignment in outpatient chemotherapy appointment scheduling","display_name":"Integrating nurse assignment in outpatient chemotherapy appointment scheduling","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-07-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3045421677","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","mag":"3045421677"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2502551423","display_name":"OR Spectrum","issn_l":"0171-6468","issn":["0171-6468","1436-6304"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"OR Spectrum","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5090778791","display_name":"Alireza F. Hesaraki","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7266-4303"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","display_name":"Queen's University Belfast","ror":"https://ror.org/00hswnk62","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Alireza F. Hesaraki","raw_affiliation_strings":["Queen\u2019s Management School, Queen\u2019s University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5EE, UK","Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5EE, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7266-4303","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Queen\u2019s Management School, Queen\u2019s University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5EE, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5EE, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014947836","display_name":"Nico Dellaert","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2343-7574"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I83019370","display_name":"Eindhoven University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02c2kyt77","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83019370"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nico P. Dellaert","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2343-7574","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83019370"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5054803839","display_name":"A.G. de Kok","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8622-8599"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I83019370","display_name":"Eindhoven University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02c2kyt77","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83019370"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ton de Kok","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8622-8599","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83019370"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5090778791"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"],"apc_list":{"value":2390,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2990},"apc_paid":{"value":2390,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2990},"fwci":2.0356,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":22,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89272978,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"42","issue":"4","first_page":"935","last_page":"963"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11773","display_name":"Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3604","display_name":"Emergency Medical Services"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11773","display_name":"Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3604","display_name":"Emergency Medical Services"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12174","display_name":"Hospital Admissions and Outcomes","score":0.9850999712944031,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2711","display_name":"Emergency Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11700","display_name":"Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy","score":0.9822999835014343,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/workload","display_name":"Workload","score":0.7301985621452332},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medicine","display_name":"Medicine","score":0.6024743914604187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/schedule","display_name":"Schedule","score":0.5981480479240417},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/drug-administration","display_name":"Drug administration","score":0.5297881960868835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nursing","display_name":"Nursing","score":0.4920892119407654},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.3061326742172241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internal-medicine","display_name":"Internal medicine","score":0.08618015050888062}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778476105","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628539","display_name":"Workload","level":2,"score":0.7301985621452332},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.6024743914604187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68387754","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7271585","display_name":"Schedule","level":2,"score":0.5981480479240417},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2987276129","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12140","display_name":"Drug administration","level":2,"score":0.5297881960868835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159110408","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121176","display_name":"Nursing","level":1,"score":0.4920892119407654},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3061326742172241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126322002","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11180","display_name":"Internal medicine","level":1,"score":0.08618015050888062},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":6,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2502551423","display_name":"OR Spectrum","issn_l":"0171-6468","issn":["0171-6468","1436-6304"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"OR Spectrum","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.tue.nl:openaire/5fa59930-0cac-4602-8a78-0dbe49d2b911","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/5fa59930-0cac-4602-8a78-0dbe49d2b911","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4406922641","display_name":"TU/e Research Portal","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Hesaraki, A F, Dellaert, N P & de Kok, A G 2020, 'Integrating nurse assignment in outpatient chemotherapy appointment scheduling', OR Spectrum, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 935-963. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:publications/c4860bb1-10d9-453f-a694-4576fa677545","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/c4860bb1-10d9-453f-a694-4576fa677545","pdf_url":"https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/454686204/s00291_020_00596_8.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402319","display_name":"Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","host_organization_name":"Queen's University Belfast","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Hesaraki, F, Dellaert, N P & de Kok, T 2020, 'Integrating nurse assignment in outpatient chemotherapy appointment scheduling', OR Spectrum, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 935\u2013963. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:spr:orspec:v:42:y:2020:i:4:d:10.1007_s00291-020-00596-8","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.tue.nl:publications/5fa59930-0cac-4602-8a78-0dbe49d2b911","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088663884&partnerID=8YFLogxK","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4406922641","display_name":"TU/e Research Portal","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Hesaraki, A F, Dellaert, N P & de Kok, A G 2020, 'Integrating nurse assignment in outpatient chemotherapy appointment scheduling', OR Spectrum, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 935-963. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"},{"id":"pmh:tue:oai:pure.tue.nl:publications/5fa59930-0cac-4602-8a78-0dbe49d2b911","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/5fa59930-0cac-4602-8a78-0dbe49d2b911","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401843","display_name":"Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1322597698","host_organization_name":"Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1322597698"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"OR Spectrum, 42(4), 935 - 963. Springer","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00291-020-00596-8.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2502551423","display_name":"OR Spectrum","issn_l":"0171-6468","issn":["0171-6468","1436-6304"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"OR Spectrum","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320327235","display_name":"Servier","ror":"https://ror.org/034e7c066"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3045421677.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3045421677.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1494606478","https://openalex.org/W1918816242","https://openalex.org/W1975796118","https://openalex.org/W1979820749","https://openalex.org/W1983494558","https://openalex.org/W1990231686","https://openalex.org/W2002780315","https://openalex.org/W2024949764","https://openalex.org/W2078724364","https://openalex.org/W2089683553","https://openalex.org/W2097407375","https://openalex.org/W2109064637","https://openalex.org/W2164688267","https://openalex.org/W2320719066","https://openalex.org/W2415948315","https://openalex.org/W2566331675","https://openalex.org/W2901197344","https://openalex.org/W2914084765","https://openalex.org/W3020899234","https://openalex.org/W3105558219","https://openalex.org/W4302557773"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W3031052312","https://openalex.org/W4389568370","https://openalex.org/W3032375762","https://openalex.org/W1995515455","https://openalex.org/W2080531066","https://openalex.org/W2586801360","https://openalex.org/W3108674512","https://openalex.org/W1506200166","https://openalex.org/W1489783725"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"In":[1,11],"outpatient":[2],"chemotherapy,":[3],"nurses":[4,39],"administer":[5],"the":[6,12,22,29,32,34,53,58,93,141,144,147,156,163,167,187,196,212,232,240,247,259,273],"drugs":[7],"in":[8,257],"two":[9],"steps.":[10],"first":[13],"few":[14,128,134],"minutes":[15],"of":[16,31,78,143,149,155,193,200,214,263],"each":[17],"appointment,":[18,33],"a":[19,62,75,96,99,106,160,179,204],"nurse":[20,47,63,129,135,150,201],"prepares":[21],"patient":[23,35,54],"for":[24,182,195],"infusion":[25,59,87],"(drug":[26],"administration).":[27],"During":[28],"remainder":[30],"is":[36,65,152],"monitored":[37],"by":[38],"and":[40,55,133,231,261,272],"if":[41],"needed":[42],"taken":[43],"care":[44],"of.":[45],"One":[46],"must":[48],"be":[49,114,236],"assigned":[50,139],"to":[51,74,120,140],"prepare":[52],"set":[56],"up":[57,69,73],"device.":[60],"However,":[61],"who":[64,80],"not":[66,210],"busy":[67],"setting":[68],"may":[70],"simultaneously":[71],"monitor":[72],"certain":[76],"number":[77,148,199,213],"patients":[79,94],"are":[81,89,251],"already":[82],"receiving":[83],"infusion.":[84],"The":[85,111],"prescribed":[86],"durations":[88],"significantly":[90],"different":[91],"among":[92,126],"on":[95,239],"day":[97],"at":[98],"clinic.":[100,274],"We":[101,177],"formulate":[102],"this":[103],"problem":[104],"as":[105],"multi-criterion":[107],"mixed":[108],"integer":[109],"program.":[110],"appointments":[112,194],"should":[113],"scheduled":[115,237],"with":[116,173,186,222,254],"start":[117,244],"times":[118],"close":[119],"patients\u2019":[121],"ready":[122],"times,":[123],"balanced":[124],"workload":[125],"nurses,":[127,269],"changes":[130],"during":[131],"appointments,":[132],"full-time":[136],"equivalent":[137],"(FTE)":[138],"schedule":[142],"day.":[145],"As":[146],"FTEs":[151,202],"an":[153],"output":[154],"model":[157],"rather":[158],"than":[159],"fixed":[161],"input,":[162],"clinic":[164],"can":[165,219,235],"use":[166],"nursing":[168],"capacity":[169],"more":[170],"efficiently,":[171],"i.e.,":[172],"less":[174],"labor":[175],"cost.":[176],"develop":[178],"3-stage":[180],"heuristic":[181],"finding":[183],"criterion":[184,225],"points":[185],"minimum":[188,197],"weighted":[189],"average":[190],"deferring":[191],"time":[192],"feasible":[198],"or":[203,216],"desired":[205],"value":[206],"above":[207],"that.":[208],"By":[209],"constraining":[211],"chairs":[215],"beds,":[217],"we":[218],"find":[220],"solutions":[221],"better":[223],"(dominating)":[224],"points.":[226],"Drug":[227],"preparation,":[228],"oncologist":[229],"visit,":[230],"laboratory":[233],"test":[234],"based":[238],"drug":[241,248],"administration":[242,249],"appointment":[243],"time.":[245],"Thus,":[246],"resources":[250],"efficiently":[252],"used":[253],"desirable":[255],"performance":[256],"taking":[258],"interests":[260],"requirements":[262],"various":[264],"stakeholders":[265],"into":[266],"consideration:":[267],"patients,":[268],"oncologists,":[270],"pharmacy,":[271]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-06-03T09:05:47.796612","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}