Soroush Saghafian

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

79 John F. Kennedy Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Operations Research/Management Contributions to Emergency Department Patient Flow Optimization: Review and Research Prospects

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2015
Soroush Saghafian, Garrett Austin and Stephen Traub
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Arizona State University (ASU) and Mayo Clinic - College of Medicine and Science
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Operations Research/Management, Emergency Department, Patient Flow, Operational Efficiency, Patient Safety

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Using Machine Learning to Demystify Startups Funding, Post-Money Valuation, and Success

In Babich V., Birge J.R., Hilary G. (eds). Innovative Technology at the Interface of Finance and Operations. Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, vol 11. Springer, Cham., HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-028
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2022
Yu Qian Ang, Andrew Chia and Soroush Saghafian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Effective Generative AI: The Human-Algorithm Centaur

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Effective Generative AI: The Human-Algorithm Centaur

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2024
Soroush Saghafian
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Generative AI, Human-algorithm Centaur

Effective Generative AI: The Human-Algorithm Centaur

HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-030
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2024
Soroush Saghafian
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Centaurs, Generative AI, Large Language Models, Human-AI Algorithms

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The Value of Flexible Backup Suppliers and Disruption Risk Information: Newsvendor Analysis with Recourse

IIE Transactions
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 25 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2012
Soroush Saghafian and Mark P. Van Oyen
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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Flexible Backup Supplier, Disruption Risk Information, Disruption Risk Mitigation, Backup Capacity Reservation

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Complexity-Augmented Triage: A Tool for Improving Patient Safety and Operational Efficiency

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (M&SOM), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2014
Soroush Saghafian, Wallace J. Hopp, Mark P. Van Oyen, Jeffrey S. Desmond and Steven L. Kronick
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Hospitals and University of Michigan Hospitals
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Healthcare Operations Management, Emergency Department, Triage, Priority Queues, Patient Prioritization

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Patient Streaming as a Mechanism for Improving Responsiveness in Emergency Departments

Operations Research, 2012, 60(5), 1080-1097, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1162
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 29 May 2015
Soroush Saghafian, Wallace J. Hopp, Mark P. Van Oyen, Jeffrey S. Desmond and Steven L. Kronick
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Hospitals and University of Michigan Hospitals
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Health Care Operations Management, Emergency Department, Patient Flow, Patient Sequencing

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Algorithm, Human, or the Centaur: How to Enhance Clinical Care?

HKS Working Paper No. RWP22-027
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2025
Arlen Dean, Agni Orfanoudaki, Soroush Saghafian, Karen Song, Harini A. Chakkera and Curtiss Cook
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard College, Mayo Clinic Hospital - Phoenix - Divisions of Transplantation and Endocrinology and Mayo Clinic Hospital - Phoenix - Divisions of Transplantation and Endocrinology
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Machine Learning, Transplantation, Health care, Hospital Readmission, Human-Algorithm Interactions

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The Internet of Things and Information Fusion: Who Talks to Who?

HKS Working Paper 18-009, Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 3124417
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 04 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2020
Soroush Saghafian, Brian Tomlin and Stephan Biller
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and IBM Corporation
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Robust Estimation, Data Fusion, Information Sharing

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Vertical Patient Streaming in Emergency Departments

HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-014
Number of pages: 108 Posted: 02 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2024
Arshya Feizi, Agni Orfanoudaki, Soroush Saghafian and Nicole Hodgson
Boston University, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Mayo Clinic
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Emergency Department; Machine Learning; Operational Efficiency; Vertical Processing; Patient Flow

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Robust Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes

HKS Working Paper No. RWP18-027
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Jun 2018
Mohammad Rasouli and Soroush Saghafian
Stanford University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 199 (319,285)
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Robust Dynamic Decision-Making, Ambiguity, Imperfect State Observation, Dynamic Programming, Sufficient Statistic, Information State, Stochastic Zero-Sum Games

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Health and Economic Impacts of Lockdown Policies in the Early Stage of COVID-19 in the U.S.

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-027
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2023
Alireza Boloori and Soroush Saghafian
University of Washington, Tacoma and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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COVID-19, societal intervention policies, health and economic impacts, QALY, total cost, SEIRS model, Markov chain Monte Carlo, longitudinal mixed-effect model

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Ambiguous Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes: Structural Results and Applications

Journal of Economic Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2018
Soroush Saghafian
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Newsvendor Under Demand Ambiguity: Combining Data with Moment and Tail Information

Operations Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2015
Soroush Saghafian and Brian Tomlin
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
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Can Public Reporting Cure Healthcare? The Role of Quality Transparency in Improving Patient-Provider Alignment

Operations Research, Forthcoming, HKS Working Paper No. RWP17-044
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 30 May 2019
Soroush Saghafian and Wallace J. Hopp
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Public Reporting, Outcome Transparency, Patient Choice, Hospital Investments

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Do Independent and Parallel Processing Physicians Influence Each Other's Performance? Evidence from the Emergency Department

HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-026, May 2019
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2023
Soroush Saghafian, Raha Imanirad and Stephen Traub
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Technology & Operations Management Unit and Mayo Clinic - College of Medicine and Science
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Who Is an Efficient and Effective Physician? Evidence From Emergence Medicine

HKS Working Paper No. RWP18-029
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2020
Soroush Saghafian, Raha Imanirad and Stephen Traub
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Technology & Operations Management Unit and Mayo Clinic - College of Medicine and Science
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Data Envelopment Analysis, Physician Performance Evaluation, Peer Effects

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Dynamic Assignment of Patients to Primary and Secondary Inpatient Units: Is Patience a Virtue?

HKS Working Paper No. RWP17-010
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Sep 2022
Soroush Saghafian, Derya Kilinc and Stephen Traub
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Arizona State University (ASU) and Mayo Clinic - College of Medicine and Science
Downloads 154 (400,568)
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ffective and efficient care delivery, ED boarding, inpatient flow management, patient safety, healthcare operations

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Data-Driven Percentile Optimization for Multi-Class Queueing Systems with Model Ambiguity: Theory and Application

INFORMS Journal on Optimization, Forthcoming, HKS Working Paper No. 18-008
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2019
Austin Bren and Soroush Saghafian
Arizona State University (ASU) - Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 144 (422,908)
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Robustness, Model Ambiguity, Multi-Class Queueing Systems, Percentile Optimization, ED Operations

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Harmonizing Safety and Speed: A Human-Algorithm Approach to Enhance the FDA's Medical Device Clearance Policy

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Jun 2024
Mohammad Zhalechian, Soroush Saghafian and Omar Robles
Indiana University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Center for Business and Government
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Data-driven policy, machine learning, human-algorithm approach, FDA's 510(k) pathway, medical device evaluation

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The Impact of Operational Decisions on the Design of Salesforce Incentives

Naval Research Logistics
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2014
Soroush Saghafian and Xiuli Chao
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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Dynamic Incentive Design, Principal-Agent, Moral Hazard, Adverse Selection, Inventory Control

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Compensating for Dynamic Supply Disruptions: Backup Flexibility Design

Operations Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2015
Soroush Saghafian and Mark P. Van Oyen
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Downloads 133 (450,470)
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Backup Capacity, Flexibility, Dynamic Disruption Risk, Inventory shortfall Process

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The Role of Quality Transparency in Healthcare: Challenges and Potential Solutions

National Academy of Medicine, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 24 Oct 2019
Soroush Saghafian and Wallace J. Hopp
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Quality Transparency; Healthcare Sector; Policymaking

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Data-Driven Management of Post-Transplant Medications: An Ambiguous Partially Observable Markov Decision Process Approach

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Forthcoming, HKS Working Paper No. RWP17-036
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 30 May 2019
Alireza Boloori, Soroush Saghafian, Harini A. Chakkera and Curtiss Cook
University of Washington, Tacoma, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Mayo Clinic Hospital - Phoenix - Divisions of Transplantation and Endocrinology and Mayo Clinic Hospital - Phoenix - Divisions of Transplantation and Endocrinology
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Ambiguous POMDP; Cloud of Models; Conservatism Level; Kidney Transplant; Immunosuppressive Drug; Diabetes Medication

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Who Should See the Patient? On Deviations from Preferred Patient-Provider Assignments in Hospitals

Health Care Management Science volume 26, pages165–199 (2023)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2023
Mariam Atkinson and Soroush Saghafian
Harvard University, TH Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Hospital Operations, Task Assignment, Routines, Patient-Provider Assignment, Division of Labor

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A cµ Rule for Two-Tiered Parallel Servers

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 09 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2015
Soroush Saghafian and Michael Veatch
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Gordon College
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parallel servers, queueing control, greedy policies

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Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Human-Based Versus Algorithmic-Based Perceptions, Treatments, and Guidelines

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Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Human-Based Versus Algorithmic-Based Perceptions, Treatments, and Guidelines

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Dec 2022
Alireza Boloori, Soroush Saghafian and Stephen Traub
University of Washington, Tacoma, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Mayo Clinic - College of Medicine and Science
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Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Human-Based Versus Algorithmic-Based Perceptions, Treatments, and Guidelines

HKS Working Paper No. RWP22-026
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Dec 2022
Alireza Boloori, Soroush Saghafian and Stephen Traub
University of Washington, Tacoma, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Mayo Clinic - College of Medicine and Science
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Workload Management in Telemedical Physician Triage and Other Knowledge-Based Service Systems

Management Science
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2017
Soroush Saghafian, Wallace J. Hopp, Seyed Iravani, Yao Cheng and Daniel Diermeier
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Northwestern University - Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Decision Flow Network; Knowledge-Based Decision Making; Telemedical Triage; POMDP

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COVID-19: What Intervention Policies Are Most Effective? A Brief Report Using Data from Government of Bahrain

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-011
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Jun 2020
Alireza Boloori and Soroush Saghafian
University of Washington, Tacoma and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Personalized Recommendations in Bipolar Disorder

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Dec 2024
Sidian Lin, Soroush Saghafian, Jessica Lipschitzc and Katherine Burdick
Harvard University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Multi-agent reinforcement learning, dynamic treatment regime, bipolar disorder, offline reinforcement learning

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Ambiguous Dynamic Treatment Regimes: A Reinforcement Learning Approach

Management Science (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2023
Soroush Saghafian
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Observational Data; Dynamic Treatment Regimes; Unobserved Confounders; APOMDPs, Reinforcement Learning

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Employee Health Plans Powered by Analytics

Management and Business Review, Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 2021
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Mar 2022
Wallace J. Hopp, Jun Li, Soroush Saghafian and Guihua Wang
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
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COE, cost-efficient health care, employee health plans

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Variation in Batch Ordering of Imaging Tests in the Emergency Department and the Impact on Care Delivery

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 May 2024
Jacob Jameson, Soroush Saghafian, Robert S. Huckman and Nicole Hodgson
Harvard University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard Business School and Mayo Clinic
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ED Operations, Physician Behavior

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Perspective: Drivers, Adaptations, and Public Impacts of Hospital Closures: Implications for Policy

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 Jan 2024
Soroush Saghafian
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Closures, policy, Funding, Care Delivery

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The Impact of Vertical Integration on Physician Behavior and Healthcare Delivery: Evidence from Gastroenterology Practices

NBER Working Paper No. w30928
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2023
Soroush Saghafian, Lina Song, Joseph P. Newhouse, Mary Beth Landrum and John Hsu
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University College London, Harvard Medical School; Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard Medical School and Harvard University - Massachusetts General Hospital
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To Batch or Not to Batch: Test-Ordering Variability in the Emergency Department and the Impact on Care Delivery

HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-032
Posted: 28 Nov 2023
Jacob Jameson, Soroush Saghafian, Robert S. Huckman and Nicole Hodgson
Harvard University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard Business School and Mayo Clinic

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Joint Patient Selection and Scheduling under No-Shows: Theory and Application in Proton Therapy

HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-019, Production and Operations Management 32.2 (February 2023): 547-563. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13886
Posted: 06 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2023
Soroush Saghafian, Nikolaos Trichakis, Ruihao Zhu and Helen Shih
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cornell University and Harvard University - Massachusetts General Hospital

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appointment scheduling, non-monotone submodular maximization, no-shows, index rules

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The Spillover Effects of Hospital Closures on the Efficiency and Quality of Other Hospitals

HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-006
Posted: 06 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2023
Lina Song and Soroush Saghafian
University College London School of Management and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Hospital Closures, Healthcare Operations Management, Healthcare Quality, Hospital Efficiency

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Dynamic Control of Unreliable Flexible Servers: The 'W' Network and Beyond

IIE Transitions 2011, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-1051
Posted: 02 Jul 2013
Soroush Saghafian, Bora Kolfal and Mark P. Van Oyen
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

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