Capacity planning of virtual wards for frail and elderly patients

Grange, Harriet, Johns, Gemma, Ahuja, Alka, Harper, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7894-4907, Williams, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4515-441X and Gartner, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4361-8559 2024. Capacity planning of virtual wards for frail and elderly patients. Healthcare 12 (5) , 533. 10.3390/healthcare12050533

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Abstract

This paper investigates the planning of virtual ward (VW) capacity including the remote monitoring of frail and elderly patients. The main objective is to optimize VW hub locations across a region in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, assigning the optimal number of clinicians to different regions needs to be considered. We develop a mathematical model that minimizes the setup and travel costs of VW hubs and staff. Our experimental analysis evaluates different levels of demand considering postcode areas within different Trusts, also known as Health Boards, in the National Health Service (NHS). Furthermore, our experiments provide insights into how many hub locations should be deployed and staffed. This can be used to individually find the number of remote monitors and clinicians for each facility as well as the system overall.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Mathematics
Publisher:	MDPI
ISSN:	2227-9032
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	23 February 2024
Date of Acceptance:	15 February 2024
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2024 16:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/166506

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