Measuring Outcomes in Healthcare Economics using Artificial Intelligence: with Application to Resource Management

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.07503v1
• Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 02:39:39 GMT
• Title: Measuring Outcomes in Healthcare Economics using Artificial Intelligence: with Application to Resource Management
• Authors: Chih-Hao Huang, Feras A. Batarseh, Adel Boueiz, Ajay Kulkarni, Po-Hsuan Su, Jahan Aman
• Abstract summary: In most cases, such events lead to critical uncertainties in decision making, as well as in multiple medical and economic aspects at a hospital. This manuscript presents three data-driven methods that help healthcare managers organize their economics and identify the most optimum plan for resources allocation and sharing.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The quality of service in healthcare is constantly challenged by outlier events such as pandemics (i.e. Covid-19) and natural disasters (such as hurricanes and earthquakes). In most cases, such events lead to critical uncertainties in decision making, as well as in multiple medical and economic aspects at a hospital. External (geographic) or internal factors (medical and managerial), lead to shifts in planning and budgeting, but most importantly, reduces confidence in conventional processes. In some cases, support from other hospitals proves necessary, which exacerbates the planning aspect. This manuscript presents three data-driven methods that provide data-driven indicators to help healthcare managers organize their economics and identify the most optimum plan for resources allocation and sharing. Conventional decision-making methods fall short in recommending validated policies for managers. Using reinforcement learning, genetic algorithms, traveling salesman, and clustering, we experimented with different healthcare variables and presented tools and outcomes that could be applied at health institutes. Experiments are performed; the results are recorded, evaluated, and presented.

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