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Planning A Dental Practice With A Management Game, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Susumu Morito, Juan Rivaud, Edward J. Green
Planning A Dental Practice With A Management Game, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Susumu Morito, Juan Rivaud, Edward J. Green
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This paper describes how a dentist can use a new management tool, a computerized dental practice management game, to plan his or her own practice. After reviewing factors to be considered in planning a dental practice, we briefly describe the game with special emphasis on what it can and cannot do. After identifying the information required to make such an exercise useful in planning a specific practice, an example is given which shows how the game can be so used.
Analysis Of Zero-Base Budgeting Models And Practices, Ardeshir Lohrasbi
Analysis Of Zero-Base Budgeting Models And Practices, Ardeshir Lohrasbi
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The purpose of this thesis study is to present an example of how Zero-Base Budgeting techniques can be used effectively in a firm's budgeting system. Specific forms and procedures are presented. The example used in this study is the Babcock and Wilcox Company, which has had experience with Zero-Base Budgeting. The thesis presents single level and multi-level models for use in ZBB in an organizational context.
Forest City/University Hospitals Telemedicine System Project Evaluation: Final Report, Arnold Reisman, Burton V. Dean, Bruce L. Austin, M.A. Chowdhury, Pauline Crawford, Ronella Fields, Willie Callaham Lambright, Marylou Kiley, H. Halliday, F. J. Staub, W. Pittard
Forest City/University Hospitals Telemedicine System Project Evaluation: Final Report, Arnold Reisman, Burton V. Dean, Bruce L. Austin, M.A. Chowdhury, Pauline Crawford, Ronella Fields, Willie Callaham Lambright, Marylou Kiley, H. Halliday, F. J. Staub, W. Pittard
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This study examines the implementation and evaluation of the Cleveland Telemedicine Project, an initiative designed to address the maldistribution of medical personnel between University Hospitals of Case Western Reserve University (UH) and nearby hospitals, including Forest City Hospital (FCH), a small community hospital in Cleveland’s inner city. Through electronic communication links, Telemedicine facilitated specialist consultations between UH and FCH, enhancing healthcare delivery where travel or specialist availability was limited. The project involved collaboration between medical, administrative, and engineering personnel, and the system was continuously evaluated. The Operations Research team conducted a systems approach evaluation, focusing on input, process, and output …
Cost Effective Health Care Delivery An Illusion Or An Attainable Goal? Proceedings Of A Regional Symposium For Buyers, Providers, Planners, Educators, And Consumers, Arnold Reisman
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This symposium had the following objectives: [1] To facilitate a dialogue among the various parties concerned with the delivery, administration, planning of and education or research in the delivery of health care services within the Northeast Ohio region. [2] To identify the issues of concern in the containment of costs of health care services. [3] To identify the issues of accessibility of quality services to larger segments of the community. [4] To formulate general and specific strategies for research necessary to provide quality care to wider segments of the community while containing total expenditures on health services. This symposium involved …
Generalized Isotone Optimization With Applications To Starshaped Functions, Vasant A. Ubhaya
Generalized Isotone Optimization With Applications To Starshaped Functions, Vasant A. Ubhaya
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This article considers a smoothing or data fitting problem involving minimization of the distance from a function f to a convex cone of functions. A weighted uniform norm is considered as a measure of the distance. The domain of functions is a partially ordered set, and the convex cone is defined by isotonicity and nonnegativity conditions on functions. The problem has a linear programming formulation, however, explicit expressions for optimal solutions have been obtained directly, thereby eliminating the necessity of using linear programming techniques. The results are applied to approximation by starshaped functions.
Dental Management Game Player's Manual, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Susumu Morito, Juan Rivaud, Edward J. Green
Dental Management Game Player's Manual, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Susumu Morito, Juan Rivaud, Edward J. Green
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This paper discusses progress on the development of a computer aided game to teach various management skills to dental students as well as to dental practitioners. The game first deals with the decisions concerning the establishment of a practice, e. g., preferences regarding location, the form (solo, associate or group) of practice, staff patterns and salaries, purchasing of facilities, etc. Next considered are decisions which must be made daily, e. g., patient and worker scheduling, control of supplies, etc. Performance is evaluated in terms of income, costs, care delivered, patient waiting time and personnel utilization.
Using The Blankenship Algorithm To Find The General Solution Of A Linear Diophantine Equation, Susumu Morito, Harvey M. Salkin
Using The Blankenship Algorithm To Find The General Solution Of A Linear Diophantine Equation, Susumu Morito, Harvey M. Salkin
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This paper shows that the Blankenship algorithm, originally proposed to find the greatest common divisor of several integers and a solution of the associated linear diophantine equation, can be used to find the general solution of the equation. This yields a more efficient method to find the general solution than the one proposed by Bond. The modification of Blankenship's algorithm to avoid generating vectors with huge component values is also proposed.
Young Scientists Characteristics And The Peer Review Process, Burton V. Dean
Young Scientists Characteristics And The Peer Review Process, Burton V. Dean
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This study investigates challenges faced by young scientists in academia, focusing on creativity loss in U.S. scientific endeavors and the National Science Foundation's (NSF) peer review process. Objectives include mapping education and career trajectories of Ph.D. scientists, analyzing age distribution, and examining factors influencing the supply, demand, and mobility of scientists. Key findings reveal a projected surplus of doctoral scientists, aging faculty demographics limiting innovation, and NSF-funded principal investigators being older and more senior than average. The peer review process is seen as unfavorable to innovative proposals from young scientists, with institutional and individual barriers reducing their NSF submissions. Recommendations …
On Designing And Implementing A Dental Practice Management Game, Susumu Morito, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Juan Rivaud
On Designing And Implementing A Dental Practice Management Game, Susumu Morito, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Juan Rivaud
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This paper describes the structure of an interactive dental practice management game, with special emphasis on its design and computer implementation. The game covers a wide spectrum of management decisions in setting up and in running a dental practice. The decisions considered include practice location, the form of practice, staffing mix and salaries, and the purchasing or leasing of equipment. The game also covers major daily, monthly, and yearly decisions, including forecasting patient load, economic analysis, and scheduling of patients, workers, and operatories. As three levels of decisions (daily, monthly, yearly) are considered, the game has a multi-level structure. The …
Methodology For Selection Of Industrial Plants For Rural Communities, Dan Yaron, A. Cooper, E. Fogel, Arnold Reisman
Methodology For Selection Of Industrial Plants For Rural Communities, Dan Yaron, A. Cooper, E. Fogel, Arnold Reisman
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The paper presents a methodology designed for the selection of industrial plants for rural communities. The problem is formulated within the framework of systems analysis with the numerous systems elements and the links between them properly identified and pointed out. The paper discusses the overall methodology as a whole, however, special emphasis is laid upon the evaluation of the socio-economic preferences with respect to industrial plants. The Israeli kibbutz communal settlements provided the empirical background for the study and field testing of the methodology. At the same time, the methodology, with proper modifications, can be adopted to any rural community …
Guidelines For Entering Data In Cama-Key-Encoding Sheets, Teunis J. Ott, Radhakrishna Murty Gajjala
Guidelines For Entering Data In Cama-Key-Encoding Sheets, Teunis J. Ott, Radhakrishna Murty Gajjala
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A key-encoding sheet has been designed for collecting raw data for subsequent card punching. This report consists of guidelines to correctly identify source data and transcribe the same on that key-encoding sheet. Location of source data has been categorized for convenience and is given against each field of the key encoding sheet. Also specifications are given on how to enter data on the key-encoding sheet.
A Two-Stage Approach For Geographic Effects In Cama Systems, Teunis J. Ott
A Two-Stage Approach For Geographic Effects In Cama Systems, Teunis J. Ott
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A methodology is developed for the second stage of a Computer-Assisted Mass Appraisal System, which corrects the estimated assessed values of properties for their location. Recent sales close to the parcel in question are given heavier weight than other sales. The methodology is based on constructing a response surface, where the optimal response surface minimizes a weighted average of the sum of squared residuals and a quantity that represents the smoothness of the response surface. An algorithm, for which convergence has been proven, is provided for finding the optimal response surface.
Operations Research In The Far East, Leon S. Lasdon
Operations Research In The Far East, Leon S. Lasdon
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This paper contains information obtained during my lecture tour of the Far East, June 1 - July 15, 1976. The tour was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, with the objective of information. exchange. I visited universities and industry in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Singapore, lecturing on a variety of operations research topics, mostly involving optimization applications, algorithms, and software. The presentation is chronological, giving my recollections of each day's discussions at the various institutions visited. Any inaccuracies are due entirely to me. For those seeking additional information, a list of addresses of persons referred to …
On Setting Up A Dental Practice With Efda's, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Susumu Morito, Juan Rivaud, Edward J. Green
On Setting Up A Dental Practice With Efda's, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Susumu Morito, Juan Rivaud, Edward J. Green
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This chapter examines the impact of Expanded Function Dental Auxiliaries (EFDA) on dental practice management, focusing on productivity and profitability. Various practice configurations with EFDA integration are compared to conventional setups, demonstrating that EFDA inclusion significantly reduces a dentist's workload, increases practice capacity, and enhances revenue and earnings. Tools and methodologies from Operations Research, such as patient load forecasting, scheduling, and economic analysis, are applied to assess these effects. A novel tool, the Dental Practice Management Game, is introduced, utilizing computer simulations to analyze complex practice scenarios without requiring specialized knowledge of Operations Research techniques. The analysis explores two key …
Dental Practice Management Game: A New Tool For Teaching Practice Management, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Susumu Morito, Juan Rivaud, Edward J. Green, Ashok Chowdhury
Dental Practice Management Game: A New Tool For Teaching Practice Management, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Susumu Morito, Juan Rivaud, Edward J. Green, Ashok Chowdhury
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This paper describes the structure of a dental practice management game. The game covers a wide spectrum of management decisions involved in setting up and running a dental practice. The decisions considered include practice location, form of practice, staffing mix and salaries, and the purchasing or leasing of equipment. The game also covers major daily, monthly, and yearly decisions, including forecasting patient load, economic analysis, and scheduling of patients, workers, and operatories.
Infinite Divisibility Of Finite Semi-Markov Matrices, Teunis J. Ott
Infinite Divisibility Of Finite Semi-Markov Matrices, Teunis J. Ott
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The theory of infinitely divisible semi-Markov matrices is a generalization of both the theory of infinitely divisible probability distributions on the real line, and the theory of infinitely divisible Markov matrices. One of the results in this paper is that the imbeddability in a continuous semigroup of transition kernels extends from infinitely divisible distribution functions and infinitely divisible Markov matrices to infinitely divisible semi-Markov matrices.
Design And Development Of A Faculty Research Profile Information System (Rpis) At Case Western Reserve University, Burton V. Dean, David E. Williams
Design And Development Of A Faculty Research Profile Information System (Rpis) At Case Western Reserve University, Burton V. Dean, David E. Williams
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The design and development phase of a computerized faculty research profile information system (RPIS) at Case Western Reserve University is documented in detail. The events leading up to the decision to develop such a system are summarized as well. Presented as documentation are a systems analysis, identification of data elements, user's manual, implementation proposal and budget, a copy of the faculty questionnaire to be used and supporting exhibits. The role of each organization involved in implementing RPIS and the means to be utilized for evaluating the system's performance are discussed.
Testing Admission Policy In The Intensive Care Unit Of Forest City Hospital, Chibamba Mulenga
Testing Admission Policy In The Intensive Care Unit Of Forest City Hospital, Chibamba Mulenga
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Between 1972 and 1975 mortality rate in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Forest City Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, showed a noticeable decline. While this decline could have been due to factors beyond the control of Forest City Hospital, it was decided to determine, on the basis of data obtained from patients who were admitted into the ICU during this period, whether admission policy in the ICU had changed or had not changed in the years 1972 through 1975.The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that admission policy in the ICU had not changed against the alternative …
Interpersonal Communication : Some Quantitative Models, John J. Rasmussen
Interpersonal Communication : Some Quantitative Models, John J. Rasmussen
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Interpersonal communication, or the sending and receiving of messages between two individuals, can be characterized by various degrees of certainty, consistency, and patterning. One's prior experiences can often affect current perceptions and attitudes. Furthermore, the various aspects of the personalities of the communicants can significantly influence whether the outcome of the communication sequence will be successful and mutually understood, or will be unsuccessful and misunderstood. This dissertation presents several models of the interpersonal communication process. These have been derived from such apparently divergent fields as mathematical communication theory, thermodynamics, behavioral science, and transactional analysis, and have been wedded into a …
Simulation Of Lamp Manufacturing: When To Shut Down, Davida Kahrl Steinbrink
Simulation Of Lamp Manufacturing: When To Shut Down, Davida Kahrl Steinbrink
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This thesis analyzes the impact of progressive deterioration of lamp-making equipment on finished lamp cost and quantity. This analysis is accomplished by describing the total process as a sequence of Markov processes, for each of which the transitional probabilities have been defined. The expected behavior of this multi-stage process over the time period of interest is calculated by a Fortran computer program. Results of the analysis may be used by a shop foreman as a guide in determining when to shut down for repair or maintenance of equipment.
The Implementation Of Packaged Information Systems, Dean David Trilling
The Implementation Of Packaged Information Systems, Dean David Trilling
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The packaged information system has become one of the most viable methods of quickly acquiring information handling capability. Users have realized significant cost savings by utilizing these vendor-supplied program sets. While most potential information system users have various alternatives at their disposal many have chosen package acquisition, because of the benefits users have derived from packages such as reduced implementation resource commitments and lead-times. However, potential package users have suffered greatly in their inability to effectively implement the system within their own operating environments. They have defeated their own objectives through misaligned implementation procedures and a lack of control and …
Measurement Of Health Change: A Model For Patients In An Adult Intensive Care Unit, Marylou Kiley
Measurement Of Health Change: A Model For Patients In An Adult Intensive Care Unit, Marylou Kiley
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This study introduces an index for quantifying the health status and changes in patients within an adult intensive care unit (ICU), driven by the need to evaluate the impact of telemedicine on healthcare delivery. The ICU Patient Assessment Profile consists of twelve observable parameters encompassing neurological, respiratory, cardiovascular, and renal functions. Each parameter receives a score, and weights derived through stepwise multiple regression and nonlinear optimization create a severity of illness index, SEVILL, applicable to both neurologic and non-neurologic patients. This index enables comparisons of individual patients over time and among similar patients, facilitating assessments of recovery rates. The thesis …
Optimal Labeling On Trees, Raghavendra N. Rao
Optimal Labeling On Trees, Raghavendra N. Rao
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Consider the problem of labeling the nodes of a given tree on n nodes with labels 1,2,...,n. Let d(i,i+1) be the number of edges in the path from node labeled i to node labeled i+1, i=1,2,...,n. d(n,n+1) is considered as d(n,1). The sum of d(i,i+1) over i=1,2,.. .,n is the quantity, call it SL' of interest. The minimum of SL is 2(n-1) for any tree on n nodes. This result is established and an efficient algorithm is given to achieve this value. This result is extended to trees having non-negative edge lengths. Since this problem can also be considered as …
A Triage System For The Distribution Of Outpatient Appointments In A Neurology Department: Systems Description, Validation Of Triage System Results And The Report Of A Delphi Method Study For Evaluating Criteria Determining Appointment Urgency, Bruce L. Austin, Durjoy Kumar Chaudhuri, J. Conomy
A Triage System For The Distribution Of Outpatient Appointments In A Neurology Department: Systems Description, Validation Of Triage System Results And The Report Of A Delphi Method Study For Evaluating Criteria Determining Appointment Urgency, Bruce L. Austin, Durjoy Kumar Chaudhuri, J. Conomy
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This report addresses the challenge of effectively utilizing health care resources to meet legitimate and increasing health demands in contemporary American medicine. The delivery of health care, historically rooted in "cottage industry" models, has evolved into a limited commodity due to factors such as population growth, technological advances, and rising costs. Ensuring equitable and efficient utilization of health resources is essential for controlling costs, improving access, and fulfilling the health care system's purpose of alleviating suffering, managing health crises, and preventing disease. However, the health care delivery system faces significant issues, including regional maldistribution of resources and an imbalance between …
Forest City/University Hospitals Telemedicine System Project Evaluation: Progress Report Iii, Arnold Reisman, F.J. Staub, Betty L. Grundy, W. Pittard, Edward A. Ernst, J. S. Gravenstein, Hamilton Emmons, Teunis J. Ott, Burton V. Dean, Thomas George, Marylou Kiley, Bruce L. Austin, M. A. Chowdhury, Pauline Crawford, Ronella Fields, Willie Callaham Lambright, Charles S. Berry
Forest City/University Hospitals Telemedicine System Project Evaluation: Progress Report Iii, Arnold Reisman, F.J. Staub, Betty L. Grundy, W. Pittard, Edward A. Ernst, J. S. Gravenstein, Hamilton Emmons, Teunis J. Ott, Burton V. Dean, Thomas George, Marylou Kiley, Bruce L. Austin, M. A. Chowdhury, Pauline Crawford, Ronella Fields, Willie Callaham Lambright, Charles S. Berry
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The maldistribution of qualified medical personnel, which has plagued this country in recent years, has become a matter of serious concern for administrators and planners in the health care sector. Inner-city and small suburban hospitals have suffered the most from this unfortunate circumstance. At various levels, public administrators have attempted to remedy the situation. Telemedicine is one system that, in several widely different environments, has shown its potential in addressing the problem. One such system has been in experimental operation for some time in Cleveland, Ohio. Under a contract with the Health Care Technical Division of the National Center for …
On The Degree Of Approximation By Monotone Polynomials, Vasant A. Ubhaya
On The Degree Of Approximation By Monotone Polynomials, Vasant A. Ubhaya
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This article considers the problem of approximating a continuous function defined on an interval by polynomials which are monotone nondecreasing there. Upper and lower bounds on the degree of approximation are obtained in terms of moduli of monotonicity, a concept which the author introduced in an earlier article [12]. Certain asymptotic results are also established. One of the results of this article shows that when f is continuous but not nondecreasing, En(f), the degree of approximation of f by monotone polynomials of degree at most n, converges to a positive number as n→∞, at a rate which is at least …
A Study Of The Adaptability Of The Dental Management Game To Podiatry, Frank D. Ilzig, John Karaffa, Michael Rothschild, Marina Van Zyl
A Study Of The Adaptability Of The Dental Management Game To Podiatry, Frank D. Ilzig, John Karaffa, Michael Rothschild, Marina Van Zyl
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This paper explores the similarities between the practices of podiatry and dentistry, focusing on their shared clinical and managerial aspects. Both professions involve managing specialized areas of the body, directing assistants, and utilizing similar physical layouts, equipment, and treatment processes. However, students in both fields receive limited training in practice management during their predoctoral years. To address this gap, a computer-aided dental management game, developed at Case Western Reserve University, teaches dental students decision-making skills related to practice setup, patient scheduling, and staff management. The game evaluates performance based on costs, income, patient care, and resource utilization. Due to the …
Systems And Procedures Of Patients And Information Flow In The Outpatient Clinic Of A Large Health Center: A Systems Description, Critical Evaluation, And Recommendations For Improvement, Arnold Reisman, Joao Mello Da Silva, Joe Mantell
Systems And Procedures Of Patients And Information Flow In The Outpatient Clinic Of A Large Health Center: A Systems Description, Critical Evaluation, And Recommendations For Improvement, Arnold Reisman, Joao Mello Da Silva, Joe Mantell
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Systems analysis methods were used to describe the existing procedures for patient and information flow in the outpatient clinic of a large metropolitan health center. The procedures were complex, and they fell short of being effective from the physicians’, the patients’, and the administrators’ points of view. They were the result of the dynamics of natural degradation during a period of institutional expansion and extension. The paper delineates, in operationally meaningful terms, the ultimate goals and the objectives for the Patient and Information Flow System as well as the processes to be used to achieve same.
Nonlinear Programming, Approximation, And Optimization On Infinitely Differentiable Functions, Vasant A. Ubhaya
Nonlinear Programming, Approximation, And Optimization On Infinitely Differentiable Functions, Vasant A. Ubhaya
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A nonnegative, infinitely differentiable function φ defined on the real line is called a Friedrichs mollifier function if it has support in [0,1] and ∫₀¹ φ(t)dt = 1. In this article the following problem is considered: Determine Ak = inf ∫₀¹ φ(k)(t)dt, k=1,2,..., where φ(k) denotes the kth derivative of φ and the infimum is taken over the set of all mollifier functions, which is a convex set. This problem has applications to monotone polynomial approximation as shown by this author in Ref. 2. The problem is reducible to three equivalent problems--a nonlinear programming problem, a problem on the functions …
Economic Analysis Applied To The Practice Of Dentistry, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Edward J. Green, Ronald Occhionero, Keki R. Dadachanji, Shailesh J. Mehta, Susumu Morito
Economic Analysis Applied To The Practice Of Dentistry, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Edward J. Green, Ronald Occhionero, Keki R. Dadachanji, Shailesh J. Mehta, Susumu Morito
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This paper describes one aspect of a general methodology for the management of a dental practice; in general and in particular, of one involving Expanded Duty Dental Auxiliaries. The aspect of concern in this paper centers on the economic analysis of practice management. Thus, the paper presents both an algebraic statement of the economic analysis and a set of forms (similar in format to the International Revenue Service 1040 forms) which can be used to respond to the following questions: (1) Given a patient load and mix, a practice configuration (i.e., the number of operatories and of workers of each …