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  • Title: A case study of cost-efficient staffing under annualized hours.
    Author: van der Veen E, Hans EW, Veltman B, Berrevoets LM, Berden HJ.
    Journal: Health Care Manag Sci; 2015 Sep; 18(3):279-88. PubMed ID: 24997580.
    Abstract:
    We propose a mathematical programming formulation that incorporates annualized hours and shows to be very flexible with regard to modeling various contract types. The objective of our model is to minimize salary cost, thereby covering workforce demand, and using annualized hours. Our model is able to address various business questions regarding tactical workforce planning problems, e.g., with regard to annualized hours, subcontracting, and vacation planning. In a case study for a Dutch hospital two of these business questions are addressed, and we demonstrate that applying annualized hours potentially saves up to 5.2% in personnel wages annually.
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