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Application of Operational Research Techniques in Operating Room Scheduling Problems: Literature Overview

Table 2

Performance criteria.

Waiting timePatient[6, 16, 17, 19, 20, 25, 3033, 37, 46, 54, 57, 67, 74, 77, 78, 82, 83, 90, 91, 93, 97, 98, 100102, 104, 112119]
Surgeon[77, 114, 120, 121]

UtilizationOperating room[1, 8, 11, 15, 17, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 32, 36, 37, 38, 42, 46, 48, 54, 60, 62, 65, 66, 68, 70, 73, 76, 78, 82, 8487, 89, 92, 95, 98100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 109, 110, 112, 114, 117, 118, 120, 122135, 136142]
ICU (intensive care unit)[14, 22, 24, 38, 41, 42, 48, 51, 60, 61, 65, 69, 70, 75, 78, 80, 82, 85, 110, 122, 124, 143, 144]

OvertimeOperating room[6, 15, 20, 21, 26, 27, 29, 34, 43, 46, 53, 60, 62, 69, 73, 76, 84, 95, 96, 101, 104, 117, 120, 124, 125, 145, 146, 137]
ICU[6]
PACU (postanesthesia care unit)[117]

Completion time[21, 65, 66, 86, 91, 143, 147, 148]

Patient postponement/rejection[33, 67, 90, 9496, 111, 118, 119, 146]

Financial asset[1, 21, 23, 25, 35, 36, 40, 44, 45, 52, 6163, 69, 79, 80, 81, 87, 92, 93, 98, 111, 112, 114, 117, 121, 126, 139, 149156]

Preferences[15, 39, 72, 78, 87, 144, 145, 157]

Humanitarian goals[7, 15, 4345, 55, 83, 84, 104, 106, 108, 152154, 158]

Others[7, 9, 1113, 18, 22, 23, 27, 29, 31, 34, 35, 42, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 58, 59, 63, 64, 67, 71, 72, 74, 88, 97, 99, 103, 105, 107, 113, 116, 120, 129, 130132, 136, 144, 148, 150, 151, 158, 159, 160170]