Quantitative modelling for health care policy planning and resource allocation

我的研究重点是医疗保健行业的需求和能力建模以及资源分配问题。我特别关注的是，在卫生保健领域，人们倾向于各自为政。例如，决策者为手术室制定时间表，很少或根本没有考虑这对恢复室和病房的影响。医院独立于养老院、家庭护理和社区（包括初级保健医生）做出业务决策。这一体系效率低下和繁琐也不足为奇。有限的财政资源应该如何分配？稀缺的人力资源应该如何分配？我的研究主要集中在整个医疗保健系统的护理协调问题。我一直致力于为各级决策者（医院、机构、卫生区域、政府等）提供他们所需的量化工具，以支持数据驱动的决策和能力规划。

My research focus is on demand and capacity modeling and resource allocation issues in the health care industry. I am particularly concerned about the tendency in health care to work in independent silos of activity. For example, decision makers construct schedules for the operating rooms with little or no consideration of the impact this has on recovery rooms and wards. Hospitals make operational decisions independent from nursing homes, home care and the community including primary care physicians. It is little wonder that the system is inefficient and cumbersome. How should limited financial resources be distributed? How should scarce human resources be allocated? My research focuses primarily on the issues of care coordination across the healthcare system. I have been working to provide decision makers at all levels (hospital, institution, health region, government, etc.) with the quantitative tools that they require to support data-driven decision making and capacity planning.