PATIENT SCHEDULING: A REVIEW by

Patient scheduling cdtlbe used to coordinate and control bed and operating room occupancy and to stabilize nursing staff v~rkload. In this publication an overview Df literature cOficerned witr: subject is presented. After description of the patierit flow system, and its objectives, literature on the subjects of length of stay, Census, em~rgencies and waiting lists is presented since these subjects play an important role with. the scheduling of inpatients. Then literature on scheduling models is described; Here a distinction is made between descriptive and control models and between models based on atl appointment system and models based on a waiting-list. · A list. cif 131 references to the literature is included, the length is 43 pages.· Acknowledgements I would like to thank mr. P. Harne r for do ing part of the preparator