THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

QUANTITATIVE MODELLING IN THE
MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE

London, 2-4 April, 2007


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IMA Health 2007 - Final Programme

Time
Monday 2nd April
Time
Tuesday 3rd April
Time
Wednesday 4th April
9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00
Keynote: Mike Pidd
Chair: Martin Pitt, Peninsula Medical School, UK
9:10
Parallel Sessions 6
A-Chair: Paul Harper, Univ. of Southampton
B-Chair: Adele Marshall, Queen’s Univ., Belfast, UK
10:00
Welcome by Conference Chair
Thierry Chaussalet, Univ. of Westminster, UK
9:40
Transition Break
10:50
Coffee Break
10:10
Keynote: Nigel Edwards
Chair: Peter Millard, Univ. of Westminster, UK
9:50
Parallel Sessions 3
A-Chair: Adele Marshall, Queen’s Univ., Belfast, UK
B-Chair: David Worthington, Lancaster University, UK
11:20
Keynote: Nick Barber
Chair: Thierry Chaussalet, Univ. of Westminster, UK
11:10
Coffee Break
11:10
Coffee Break
12:00
Keynote: Steve Gallivan
Chair: Thierry Chaussalet, Univ. of Westminster, UK
11:40

Parallel Sessions 1
A-Chair: Martin Pitt, Peninsula Medical School, UK
B-Chair: Simon Jones, Dr Foster Intelligence, UK

11:40
Parallel Sessions 4
A-Chair: Jean-Michel Nguyen, CHU Nantes, France
B-Chair: Sally McClean, Univ. of Ulster, UK
12:40
Closing Remarks etc
1:00
Lunch
1:00
Lunch
1:00
Lunch
2:00
Keynote: Andrew Dillon
Chair: Alan Brennan, Sheffield Univ., UK
2:00
Keynote: Yasar Ozcan
Chair: Martin Utley, Univ. College London, UK
2:00
Optional: Group meetings, special presentations, further discussions, social activities, etc.
3:00
Posters Introduction
Chair: Thierry Chaussalet, Univ. of Westminster, UK
2:40
Transition Break
3:30
Coffee Break
2:45
Parallel Sessions 5
A-Chair: John Blake, Dalhousie Univ., Canada
B-Chair: Rose Baker, Salford Univ., UK
4:00
Parallel Sessions 2
A-Chair: Martin Utley, Univ. College London, UK
B-Chair: Martin Pitt, Peninsula Medical School, UK
C-Chair: Peter Millard, Univ. of Westminster, UK
4:05
Coffee Break
5:20
Transition Break
4:35
Keynote: Stephen Chick
Chair: Ruth Davies, Warwick Univ., UK
5:30
Drinks Reception with Posters
5:15
Conclude Plenary
7:00
Conclude
7:15
Reception and Dinner: Russell Hotel

All contributed presentations within parallel sessions are allocated a 20 minute slot, including set-up and questions.

 

Keynote Talks:

Nick Barber

Professor, Head of Department of Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, London, UK

Medicines, modelling and me
Stephen Chick Professor, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France Taxonomy of model structures for health economics
Andrew Dillon Chief Executive, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), UK Making decisions at NICE - how models inform guidance
Nigel Edwards Director of Policy, NHS Confederation, UK Opportunities for using modelling in healthcare policy & management
Steve Gallivan Professor, Director of the Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, UK A mathematical magic show – modelling when data are poor or non-existent
Mike Pidd Professor, Associate Dean, Management School, University of Lancaster, UK Xtreme modelling of healthcare systems
Yasar Ozcan Professor, Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Juxtaposition of efficiency & quality in health care: a DEA approach

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

A collection of posters can be downloaded here (file size: 6M).

Special Poster session: 5:20-7:00pm: Monday 2nd April
Posters will also be displayed until the end of the conference
Shola Adeyemi (University of Westminster, UK) Patients flow: A mixed-effects modelling approach to predicting discharge probabilities
Juan Adriano-Moran (City University, UK) The dynamics of patient recruitment for a telecare system
Paul Avillach (Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, France) Modelling of allocated operating room time based on six months activity in a teaching hospital
Adam Sutton (University of Strathclyde, UK) Using discrete event simulation to explore the radiotherapy planning process
Chris Brasted (NHS London, UK) Evaluating capacity provision in general ultrasound: a tool for the service manager
Keith Cooper (University of Southampton, UK) Comparing modelling techniques for evaluating resource - constrained interventions for coronary heart disease
Lucy Culliford (University of Bristol, UK) Development of a model to predict of the need for blood transfusion following cardiac surgery
Elena Tubaro (Local Health Agency, Italy)
Projection of demand for long-term care in an Italian region: a macrosimulation approach
Vasilios Kapsalis (Synelixi OE, Greece) Turning steam into savings: the case of 417 NIMTS hospital
Andy Knapton (South Central SHA, UK) Modelling of the imaging workforce in support of the 18 week wait initiative
Stuart Mealing (Open University, Germany) Prioritising future research relating to cardiac resynchronisation therapy in people with heart failure using non-parametric value of information analysis
Christine Pelletier (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) Agent-based approach long-term capacity planning model for the U.K. long-term health and social care for elderly people
Marie Persson (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden) Analyzing management policies for operating room planning using simulation
Martin Andrew Pitt (University of Exeter, UK) MASHnet - addressing future needs in healthcare modelling
Andrew Ramsden (Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Australia) Using discrete event simulation in the design of step-down nursery capacity
Anne Ticehurst (University of Cambridge, UK) Can engineering design be used to improve healthcare service delivery?
Christos Vasilakis (University of Westminster, UK) Modelling health systems: delivering care to older people with hip fracture
Jorge Villacampa-Ortega (Barts and The London NHS Trust, UK) Optimisation of NHS 18 weeks target performance & costing using deterministic & stochastic modelling of healthcare pathways
Shyan Zubair (Barts and The London NHS Trust and University of Westminster, UK) Modelling the impact of resources on turnaround times for ultrasound tests

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PARALLEL SESSIONS MONDAY:

Parallel Session 1: 11:40am-1:00pm : Monday 2nd April
Stream A
Location: London House Large Common Room
Chair: Martin Pitt, Peninsula Medical School, UK
Ray Paul (Brunel University, UK)
Healthcare distinctiveness and singularities
Tom Bowen (The Balance of Care Group, UK) Alternatives to hospital: models of integrated care
Boris Sobolev (University of British Colombia, Canada) On study design for policy analysis using patient flow simulations
Steffen Bayer (Imperial College London, UK) Flexibility in healthcare infrastructure: a modelling approach
Stream B
Location: Churchill Room
Chair: Simon Jones, Dr Foster Intelligence, UK
Robert Michael West (University of Leeds, UK) Analysis of organisational networks in intermediate care
Naoru Koizumi (George Mason University, USA) Minimizing welfare loss due to congestion in a mental health system: Queueing and simulation analyses
Adam Pollard (Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, UK) Modelling the restructuring of secondary care services in a South West England health economy
Sally McClean (University of Ulster, UK) Using Markov models to help us better understand the relationship between hospital & community care

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Parallel Session 2: 4:00-5:20pm : Monday 2nd April
Stream A
Location: London House Large Common Room
Chair: Martin Utley, University College London, UK
Dylan Jones (University of Portsmouth, UK) Efficient resource planning in a medical assessment unit
Paul Harper (University of Southampton, UK) Incorporating human behaviour in simulation models of screening for breast cancer
John Blake (Dalhousie University, Canada) Getting OR tools into the hands of users: Development of a blood donor clinic Simulation
   
Stream B
Location: Churchill Room
Chair: Martin Pitt, Peninsula Medical School, UK
Alan Brennan (University of Sheffield, UK) Modelling the cost-effectiveness and capacity impact of changes to colposcopy referral guidelines for women with mild dyskaryosis in the UK Cervical Screening Programme
Mara Airoldi (London School of Economics, UK) Estimating health gains in England from intensive glucose control in type 1 diabetes
Matthew Stevenson (University of Sheffield, UK) Are single use neurosurgical and posterior eye instruments cost-effective in stopping Iatrogenic VCJD transmission?
Pelham Mervyn Barton (University of Birmingham, UK) Application of local search methods in cost-effectiveness analysis: the case of rheumatoid arthritis
Stream C
Location: Think Tank
Chair: Peter Millard, University of Westminster, UK
Catherine Quantin (CHU Dijon, France) Using discharge abstracts to evaluate a regional perinatal network: assessment of the linkage procedure of anonymous data
Jean-Michel Nguyen (Hôpital St Jacques - CHU Nantes, France) A Management method for the allocation of child delivery beds within a health authority
Samantha Mackay (Matrix Research & Consultancy Ltd, UK) Maternity services strategic planning tool
Brijesh Patel (University of Westminster, UK) Dynamics of a performance management system: performance information to performance knowledge

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PARALLEL SESSIONS TUESDAY:

Parallel Session 3: 9:50-11:10am : Tuesday 3rd April
Stream A
Location: London House Large Common Room
Chair: Adele Marshall, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Girija Jayaraman (Indian Institute of Technology, India)
Correlation between air pollution and associated respiratory morbidity in Delhi
Nadine Meskens (Catholic University of Mons, Belgium) Planning and scheduling of endoscopic activities by taking into account the availability of recovery beds
Adele Schulz (Matrix Research & Consultancy, UK) Patient choice and health market analysis
Penelope Mary Mullen (University of Birmingham, UK) What should the objective function be?
Stream B
Location: Churchill Room
Chair: David Worthington, Lancaster University, UK
Therese Stukel (Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Canada) Causes and consequences of regional variations in health care resource allocations in Ontario, Canada
Martin Utley (University College London, UK) Operational research to support the delivery of services for common mental health problems
Marion Penn (University of Southampton, UK) Modelling of Hampshire adult services gearing up for future demands
Honora Smith (University of Southampton, UK) Location modelling for community healthcare facilities

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Parallel Session 4: 11:40am-1:00pm : Tuesday 3rd April
Stream A
Location: London House Large Common Room
Chair: Jean-Michel Nguyen, CHU Nantes, France
Silvia Francisci (Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Italy) Health system evaluation: The case of in-hospital fatality for acute myocardial infarction in Italian regions
Eren Demir (University of Westminster, UK) A framework for determining emergency readmission time window
Amina Ettorchi (CHU Bordeaux, France) Access to medical information in a teaching hospital: Proposal of a conceptual controlled access model
Christina Pagel (University College London, UK) Modelling of errors in clinical databases: Inferred consequences for observed mortality rates
Stream B
Location: Churchill Room
Chair: Sally McClean, University of Ulster, UK
Nico Van Dijk (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Blood platelet optimization by stochastic dynamic programming and simulation
Mark Joy (Kingston University, UK) Comparing predictive mortality risk methods: artificial neural networks versus logistic regression
Revlin Abbi (University of Westminster, UK) Evaluating the impact of LOS classification schemes on the prediction accuracy of the decision tree algorithm
Xiaodong Li (University of Portsmouth, UK) Multi-objective bed allocation models in hospitals

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Parallel Session 5: 3:00-4:20pm : Tuesday 3rd April
Stream A
Location: London House Large Common Room
Chair: John Blake, Dalhousie University, Canada
Charles Noon (University of Tennessee, USA) Determining shift schedules for 24-hour queuing systems with varying arrival rates
David Worthington (Lancaster University, UK) Hospital waiting list dynamics
David Stanford (University of Western Ontario, Canada) A wait time study and some sensitivity results for liver transplantation in Canada 2000 – 2004
Merce Comas (Hospital del Mar-IMAS, Spain) Analysis of demand and waiting time for knee arthroplasty through discrete-event simulation: Assessment of a Prioritization System for Waiting Lists
Stream B
Location: Churchill Room
Chair: Rose Baker, Salford University, UK
Marc Cuggia (Université de Rennes 1, France) Exploiting HIS medical data resources to manage emergency department: Application to the study of elderly patients’ clinical pathways
Adele Marshall (Queens University of Belfast, UK) Statistical modelling of time and outcome in an accident and emergency department
Murat Gunal (Lancaster University, UK) An inpatient simulation model to predict elective and emergency patient waiting times
Yael Perlman (Bar-llan University, Israel) A replenishment period which minimizes the transportation cost related to both regular and urgent orders

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PARALLEL SESSIONS WEDNESDAY:

Parallel Session 6: 9:10-10:50am : Wednesday 4th April
Stream A
Location: London House Large Common Room
Chair: Paul Harper, Southampton University, UK
Xiaoqiang Li (University of Toronto, Canada) The construction of the confidence interval for the nursing health human resources planning modelling projection
Alejandra Duenas (University of Sheffield, UK) A genetic algorithm approach to the nurse scheduling problem with fuzzy preferences
Sping Wang (University of Toronto, Canada) Health workforce planning: projection of requirements for new nursing graduates
Edward Conley (Cardiff University, UK) Simultaneous trend analysis for evaluating outcomes in patient-centred health monitoring services
Mónica Oliveira (Inst. Superior Técnico, Portugal) Optimization of hospital networks: Hierarchical and multiproduct models with application to the Portuguese health care system
Stream B
Location: Churchill Room
Chair: Adele Marshall, Queen’s University, UK
Paul Avillach (Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, France)
Improving the data coding quality of standardized discharge abstracts with statistical and semantic methods
Rose Baker (University of Salford, UK) A new approach to outliers in meta-analysis
Lars Krogsgaard Thomsen (Danish Medicines Agency, Denmark) Combining two databases – mortality among schizophrenic patients
Alex Bottle (Imperial College London, UK) Predicting the false alarm rate in multi-institution mortality monitoring
James Little (University College Cork, Ireland) Constraint-based Inventory Policy

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