1. Editorial

   • Stefan Fleßa
   • Horst W. Hamacher
   • Karl-Heinz Küfer

   Special Issue Paper Pages: 143 - 144

2. Analysing hospital productivity changes using non-parametric approaches

   • Margit Sommersguter-Reichmann

   Special Issue Paper Pages: 145 - 160

3. Strategic technology planning in hospital management

   • Axel Focke
   • Christian Stummer

   Special Issue Paper Pages: 161 - 182

4. Modelling the effects of the Austrian inpatient reimbursement system on length-of-stay distributions

   • Marion Sabine Rauner
   • Achim Zeiles
   • Kurt Hornik

   Special Issue Paper Pages: 183 - 206

5. Reduced outpatient waiting times with improved appointment scheduling: a simulation modelling approach

   • P.R. Harper
   • H.M. Gamlin

   Special Issue Paper Pages: 207 - 222

6. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy – a large scale multi-criteria programming problem

   • Karl-Heinz Küfer
   • Alexander Scherrer
   • Christian Thieke

   Special Issue Paper Pages: 223 - 249

7. Optimisation of beam directions in intensity modulated radiation therapy planning

   • Matthias Ehrgott
   • Rick Johnston

   Special Issue Paper Pages: 251 - 264

8. Decision support for AIDS control programmes in Eastern Africa

   • Steffen Fleßa

   Special Issue Paper Pages: 265 - 291