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ArticleHealth systems (Basingstoke, England)2021

Constructing operating theatre schedules using partitioned graph colouring techniques.

Ahmed Kheiri, Rhyd Lewis, Jonathan Thompson, Paul Harper

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Article in Health systems (Basingstoke, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed KheiriDepartment of Management Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6716-2130
Rhyd LewisSchool of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales.
Jonathan ThompsonSchool of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales.
Paul HarperSchool of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales.
Cardiff University · GBLancaster University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In hospitals, scheduled operations can often be cancelled in large numbers due to the unavailability of beds for post-operation recovery. Operating theatre scheduling is known to be an

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graph colouringinteger programmingoptimisationOR in health servicesscheduling

Identifiers

PMID34745590
PMCPMC8567901
OpenAlexW3045871445

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