Project

Improved decision-making for coordinating breast cancer screening

Code
01J03019
Duration
01 October 2019 → 31 July 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Health management
Keywords
Breast cancer screening Multi-stage optimisation Care pathways Policy development Patients’ satisfaction
 
Project description

The high uncertainty and complexity to harmonize the different stages of a care pathway entangles the coordination between demand and resources in breast cancer screening resulting in unpredictable throughput times and patient dissatisfaction. In order to devise an accurate planning of patients and allocation of capacity, we propose an integrated methodology to improve the operational decision-making and support policy development.