title: Modeling change in a health system: implications on patient flows and resource allocations.
abstract: This work is motivated by the recent changes in the health system in Turkey, which is a consolidation of health insurance funds, and its implications on the resource allocations and the flow of patients in the system. Our aim is to provide a model to find the best reallocation of resources between the hospitals and the best patient-hospital match to minimize the costs.
authors.affiliation: College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koc University Rumeli Feneri Yolu, 34450 Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey. egunes@ku.edu.tr
authors.forename: Evrim Didem
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Gunes
authors.forename: Hande
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yaman
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006295:Health Resources; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D017146:Models, Organizational; D040841:Resource Allocation; D014421:Turkey