Hospital-at-home versus hospital admission for acute care in Singapore: A prospective quasi-experimental study on cost, utilisation and clinical outcomes

Stephanie Q. Ko, Nabilah Rahman, Jia Hui Chai, Joel Goh, Nan Luo, Luming Shi, Yi Feng Lai, John T.Y. Soong, Derek K.W. Chan, Adena L.T. Peh, Wen Sen Kuan, and Yee Wei Lim. 2026. BMC Health Services Research, 26:242.

Home-first or hospital-first? A propensity score-weighted retrospective cohort study

Stephanie Q. Ko, Guang Cheng, Tze Yeong Teng, and Joel Goh. 2024. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(9):105154.

Psychological safety in the perioperative environment: A cost-consequence analysis

Franklyn P. Cladis, Mark Hudson, and Joel Goh. 2024. BMJ Leader, 8:305-311.

Contrast-specific propensity scores for causal inference with multiple interventions

Shasha Han, Joel Goh, Fanwen Meng, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, and Donald B. Rubin. 2024. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 33(5):825-837.

‣ Winner (S. Han), 2019 INFORMS Health Applications Society Best Student Paper Competition.

Off-platform threats in on-demand services

Eryn J. He, Sergei Savin, Joel Goh, and Chung-Piaw Teo. 2023. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25(2):775-791.

‣ Paper of the month, INFORMS TIMES, October 2023.

Association of use of electronic appointment reminders with waiting times in the Veterans Affairs Health System

Lianjun Li, Haiqing Zhao, Noah Lim, Joel Goh, and Bernard Ng. 2022. JAMA Network Open, 5(2):e2148593.

Treating acutely ill patients at home: Data from Singapore

Stephanie Q. Ko, Joel Goh, Yee Kian Tay, Norshima Nashi, Benjamin MY Hooi, Nan Luo, Win Sen Kuan, John TY Soong, Derek Chan, Yi Feng Lai, and Yee Wei Lim. 2022. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, 51(7):392-399.

Design of incentive programs for optimal medication adherence in the presence of observable consumption

Sze-chuan Suen, Diana M. Negoescu, and Joel Goh. 2022. Operations Research, 70(3):1691-1716.

‣ 3rd place, INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group Paper Competition, 2019.
‣ Finalist, INFORMS Healthcare Applications Society Pierskalla Award, 2019.

Profit or growth? Dynamic order allocation in a hybrid workforce

Eryn J. He and Joel Goh. 2022. Management Science, 68(8):5891-5906.

‣ First place (E.J. He), POMS College of Supply Chain Management Student Paper Competition, 2022.
‣ Honorable Mention, Post-pandemic Supply Chain and Healthcare Management Conference Best Paper Award, 2021.

Association of the FRAIL scale with rehabilitation outcomes in the community hospital setting

Jeffrey S.E. Jiang, Audrey Y.Y. Han, and Joel Goh. 2022. Singapore Medical Journal, 63(10):585-592.

Applying yield management to operating room management

Brian H. Irwin, Mitchell H. Tsai, Simon C. Hillier, and Joel Goh. 2021. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 74:110422.

Asian attitudes and perceptions toward hospital-at-home: A cross-sectional study

Yi Feng Lai, Yee Wei Lim, Win Sen Kuan, Joel Goh, John Tshon Yit Soong, Shefaly Shorey, and Stephanie Q. Ko. 2021. Frontiers in Public Health, 9:704465.

Assortment rotation and the value of concealment

Kris J. Ferreira and Joel Goh. 2021. Management Science, 67(3):1489-1507.

Frailty in a community hospital in Singapore: Prevalence and contributing factors

Jeffrey S.E. Jiang, Audrey Y.Y. Han, Xin L. Tan, Joel Goh, and Boon Y. Tan. 2020. Aging Medicine and Healthcare, 11(2):39-46.

Reducing the health toll from U.S. workplace stress

Joel Goh, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Stefanos A. Zenios. 2019. Behavioral Science & Policy, 5(1):1-13.

Estimating the attributable cost of physician burnout in the United States

Shasha Han, Tait D. Shanafelt, Christine A. Sinsky, Karim M. Award, Liselotte N. Dyrbye, Lynne C. Fiscus, Mickey Trockel, and Joel Goh. 2019. Annals of Internal Medicine, 170(11):784-790.

Evidence of upcoding in pay-for-performance programs

Hamsa Bastani, Joel Goh, and Mohsen Bayati. 2019. Management Science, 65(3):1042-1060.

‣ Winner (H. Bastani), INFORMS Health Applications Society Student Paper Competition, 2015.

Data uncertainty in Markov Chains: Application to cost-effectiveness analyses of medical innovations

Joel Goh, Mohsen Bayati, Stefanos A. Zenios, Sundeep Singh, and David Moore. 2018. Operations Research. 66(3):697-715.

‣ Winner, INFORMS Health Applications Society Pierskalla Award, 2014.
‣ Finalist, INFORMS George Nicholson Best Student Paper Competition, 2014.

Competing interests

Joel Goh. 2018. Book Chapter in Handbook of Healthcare Analytics: Theoretical Minimum for Conducting 21st Century Research on Healthcare Operations. eds. Tinglong Dai and Sridhar Tayur. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ.

The business case for investing in physician well-being

Tait D. Shanafelt, Joel Goh, and Christine A. Sinsky. 2017. JAMA Internal Medicine, 177(12):1826-1832.

Multi‐echelon inventory management under short‐term take‐or‐pay contracts

Joel Goh and Evan L. Porteus. 2016. Production & Operations Management. 25(8):1415-1429.

‣ Finalist, POMS College of Supply Chain Management Best Student Paper Competition, 2014.

The relationship between workplace stressors and mortality and health costs in the United States

Joel Goh, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Stefanos A. Zenios. 2016. Management Science. 62(2):602-628.

Understanding online hotel reviews through automated text analysis

Shawn Mankad, Hyunjeong “Spring” Han, Joel Goh, and Srinagesh Gavirneni. 2016. Service Science, 8(2):124-138.

Active postmarketing drug surveillance for multiple adverse events

Joel Goh, Margrét V. Bjarnadóttir, Mohsen Bayati, and Stefanos A. Zenios. 2015. Operations Research, 63(6):1528-1546.

‣ Finalist, INFORMS Healthcare Applications Society Pierskalla Award, 2012.

Exposure to harmful workplace practices could account for inequality in life spans across different demographic groups

Joel Goh, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Stefanos A. Zenios. 2015. Health Affairs, 34(10):1761-1768.

‣ Ten most read articles on Health Affairs in 2015

Workplace stressors & health outcomes: Health policy for the workplace

Joel Goh, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Stefanos A. Zenios. 2015. Behavioral Science & Policy, 1(1):43-52.

Total cost control in project management via satisficing

Joel Goh and Nicholas G. Hall. 2013. Management Science, 59(6):1354-1372.

Portfolio value-at-risk optimization for asymmetrically distributed asset returns

Joel Goh, Kian-Guan Lim, Melvyn Sim, and Weina Zhang. 2012. European Journal of Operational Research, 221(2):397-406.

Robust optimization made easy with ROME

Joel Goh and Melvyn Sim. 2011. Operations Research, 59(4):973-985.

Distributionally robust optimization and its tractable approximations

Joel Goh and Melvyn Sim. 2010. Operations Research, 58(4-part-1):902-917.

Genetic optimization of photonic bandgap structures

Joel Goh, Ilya Fushman, Dirk Englund, and Jelena Vučković. 2007. Optics Express, 15(13):8218-8230.