This paper provides a comprehensive survey of research on operating room planning and
scheduling problems. Aiming to give a comprehensive classification on the studied …

In hospitals, the operating room (OR) is a particularly expensive facility and thus efficient
scheduling is imperative. This can be greatly supported by using advanced methods that are …

Increased healthcare costs are pushing hospitals to reduce costs and increase the quality of
care. Operating rooms are the most important source of income and expense for hospitals …

Efficient patient scheduling has significant operational, clinical and economical benefits on
health care systems by not only increasing the timely access of patients to care but also …

Operating rooms (ORs) are the greatest source of revenues for hospitals and also their
largest cost centers. When scheduling surgeries, hospitals face a trade‐off between the …

In hospitals, surgeries are treated either on an outpatient or on an inpatient basis.
Outpatients are normally routine patients that enter and leave the hospital on the same day …

Efficient operating room (OR) management is a constant balancing act between optimal OR
capacity, allocation of ORs to surgeons, assignment of staff, ordering of materials, and …

The decisions on the strategic and tactical level contained in the operation room scheduling
process are based on the expected demand. This demand is used to construct the master …

The operating room scheduling problem is a popular research topic due to its complexity
and relevance. Previous literature reviews established a useful classification system for …

Surgery is a knowledge intensive, high‐risk professional service. Most hospitals give
surgeons considerable autonomy in deciding which patients to operate on and when. In …